Ideology in America

Informationen zum Autor Christopher Ellis is assistant professor of Political Science at Bucknell University. He received his Ph.D. from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill and previously taught at North Carolina State University. His work has been published in the Journal of Politics, Political Research Quarterly, Political Science and Politics, Electoral Studies and the Journal of Public Opinion and Parties. James A. Stimson earned his B.A. from the University of Minnesota and his Ph.D. from the University of North Carolina. Stimson is former President of the Midwest Political Science Association and Treasurer of the American Political Science Association. He has authored or co-authored six books: Yeas and Nays (with Donald R. Matthews), Issue Evolution (with Edward G. Carmines), Public Opinion in America, The Macro Polity (with Robert S. Erikson and Michael B. MacKuen), Tides of Consent and Mandate Politics (with Larry Grossback and David A. M. Peterson). A Fellow in the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, he has won the Heinz Eulau and Gladys Kammerer Awards of the American Political Science Association. He is founding editor of Political Analysis and has authored articles in all the major journals of political science. Klappentext This book explains why the American public thinks of itself as conservative, but supports liberal positions on specific policy matters. Zusammenfassung This book explains why the American public thinks of itself as conservative! but supports liberal positions on specific policy matters. Focusing squarely on the contradiction in public attitudes! it provides a broader explanation of American political ideology and how American citizens connect their beliefs to the choices presented by policy-makers. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. The meaning of ideology in America; 2. Operational ideology: data; 3. Operational ideology: the estimates; 4. Ideological self-identification; 5. The operational-symbolic disconnect; 6. Conservatism as social identity; 7. Conflicted conservatism; 8. Ideology and outcomes....

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• Authors: Christopher Ellis, Christopher (Bucknell University Ellis, Christopher Stimson Ellis, James Stimson, James A. Stimson, James A. (University of North Carolina Stimson, Stimson James A.
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 16.04.2012
• EAN: 9781107019034
• ISBN: 978-1-107-01903-4
• No. of pages: 224
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; USA, Media Studies, Political Ideologies, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Communication Studies, Communication Studies, United States of America, USA, Political ideologies and movements, Public Opinion & Polls, Public opinion and polls, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Opinion Polling