The
ambivalent partisan
how critical loyalty promotes democracy
Lavine, Howard.
creator
Johnston, Christopher D.
Steenbergen, Marco R.
text
nyu
New York
Oxford
Oxford University Press
2013
monographic
eng
1 online resource.
Taking aim at decades of received wisdom, the central claim of this book is that high-quality political judgment hinges less on citizens' cognitive ability than on their willingness to temporarily suspend partisan habits and follow the 'evidence' wherever it leads. This occurs most readily when citizens experience a disjuncture between their stable political 'identities' and their contemporary 'evaluations' of party performance, a state the authors refer to as 'partisan ambivalence'.
specialized
Howard G. Lavine, Christopher D. Johnston, and Marco R. Steenbergen.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Party affiliation
United States
Democracy
Psychological aspects
Political participation
United States
Psychological aspects
Voting
United States
Psychological aspects
JK2271 .L38 2013
324.0973
Series in political psychology
9780199979622 (ebook) :
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199772759.001.0001
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199772759.001.0001
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121025
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