Performance Politics and the British Voter

Informationen zum Autor Harold D. Clarke is Ashbel Smith Professor in the School of Economic, Political and Policy Sciences at the University of Texas at Dallas. David Sanders is Professor of Government at the University of Essex. Marianne C. Stewart is Professor of Political Science in the School of Economic, Political and Policy Sciences at the University of Texas at Dallas. Paul F. Whiteley is Professor of Government at the University of Essex. Klappentext Shows that judgment of party competence is at the heart of electoral choice in contemporary Britain. Zusammenfassung What matters most to voters when they choose their leaders? This book suggests that performance politics is at the heart of modern democracy. Since voters and parties often share the same positions on key issues! political competition and electoral choices focus on who can do the best job. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Performance politics and the British voter; 2. The theory of valence politics; 3. Valence politics and the long campaign; 4. Tony's war; 5. Electoral choices; 6. The short campaign; 7. Voting and political participation; 8. Performance, people and the political system; 9. Performance politics reconsidered; Appendix A: vote in 2005 by socio-demographic characteristics; Appendix B: turnout by socio-demographic characteristics; Appendix C: dynamics of party identification.

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• Authors: Harold D. Clarke, Harold D. (University of Texas Clarke, Harold D. Sanders Clarke, Clarke Harold D., David Sanders, David (University of Essex) Sanders, Marianne C. Stewart, Marianne C. (University of Texas Stewart, Stewart Marianne C., Paul F. Whiteley, Paul F. (University of Essex) Whiteley, Whiteley Paul F.
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.12.2009
• EAN: 9780521874441
• ISBN: 978-0-521-87444-1
• No. of pages: 388
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / General, Politics & government, Political science & theory, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Comparative Politics, Central government policies, Central government, Elections and referenda / suffrage