Ulteriori informazioni
Individuals vary in their ability to reflect on and override partisan impulses, affecting their ability to rationally evaluate politicians.
Sommario
1. Democratic accountability and the 'rational' citizen; 2. A theory of individual differences in reflection and the intuitionist model of political reasoning; 3. Measuring individual differences in reflection; 4. Toeing the line: partisan identities and policy attitudes; 5. Throwing the rascals out: partisan identities and political evaluations; 6. Can't we disagree without being disagreeable? The role of reflection in a polarized polity; 7. Reflections on the role of reflection in democracies; Appendix. Details of empirical studies and statistical analyses;
Info autore
Kevin Arceneaux is Professor of Political Science, Faculty Affiliate with the Institute for Public Affairs, and Director of the Behavioral Foundations Lab at Temple University. He studies political psychology and political communication, focusing on how the interaction between political messages and people's political predispositions shapes attitudes and behavior. He is co-author of Changing Minds or Changing Channels (2013), which investigates the influence of ideologically slanted news programming and received the 2014 Goldsmith Book Prize from Harvard University. His work has also been published in the American Political Science Review, American Journal of Politics, and elsewhere.Ryan J. Vander Wielen is Associate Professor of Political Science and (by courtesy) Economics, and Faculty Affiliate with the Behavioral Foundations Lab at Temple University, Philadelphia. His teaching and research interests are in the areas of American political institutions, political behavior, quantitative methodology, and formal modeling. His work has been published in the American Journal of Political Science, the British Journal of Political Science, Legislative Studies Quarterly, Political Analysis, Public Choice, and elsewhere. He is also the co-author of Politics Over Process (forthcoming), The American Congress (Cambridge, 2013), and The American Congress Reader (Cambridge, 2008).
Riassunto
This book will appeal to readers interested in understanding why some voters are able to objectively update their assessments of political parties and politicians in light of credible information, while others are less capable of doing so. The arguments and evidence presented are accessible to a broad readership.
