
The Oxford Handbook of Political Behavior
Oxford University Press
Published on 2. July 2009
Book
Paperback/Softback
1008 pages
978-0-19-956601-3 (ISBN)
Description
What does democracy expect of its citizens, and how do the citizenry match these expectations? This Oxford Handbook examines the role of the citizen in contemporary politics, based on essays from the world's leading scholars of political behavior research. The recent expansion of democracy has both given new rights and created new responsibilities for the citizenry. These political changes are paralleled by tremendous advances in our empirical knowledge of citizens and their behaviors through the institutionalization of systematic, comparative study of contemporary publics--ranging from the advanced industrial democracies to the emerging democracies of Central and Eastern Europe, to new survey research on the developing world. These essays describe how citizens think about politics, how their values shape their behavior, the patterns of participation, the sources of vote choice, and how public opinion impacts on governing and public policy.
This is the most comprehensive review of the cross-national literature of citizen behavior and the relationship between citizens and their governments. It will become the first point of reference for scholars and students interested in these key issues.
This is the most comprehensive review of the cross-national literature of citizen behavior and the relationship between citizens and their governments. It will become the first point of reference for scholars and students interested in these key issues.
Reviews / Votes
Review from previous edition The Oxford Handbooks of Political Science are an ambitious academic enterprise of monumental scale and accomplishment. The Oxford Handbook of Political Behavior is an indispensable guide to the extraordinary accumulation of knowledge and array of ideas in recent decades about mass political behaviour in free democracies. It is authoritative, expert, up-to-date and comprehensive and it is organised and written with a clarity that will satisfy expert scholar and curious beginner alike. * Professor Ivor Crewe, Vice Chancellor, University of Essex * The Oxford Handbook of Political Behavior provides important coverage of one of the major areas of political science research. It brings together the leading authors in the field and it takes a very broad view of what is a complex and multi-dimensional subject matter. Students entering political science and scholars pursuing the subject will benefit from this volume. * Sidney Verba, Carl H. Pforzheimer University Professor, Harvard University *More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Dimensions
Height: 247 mm
Width: 174 mm
Thickness: 47 mm
Weight
1710 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-956601-3 (9780199566013)
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Russell J. Dalton | Hans-Dieter Klingemann
The Oxford Handbook of Political Behavior
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08/2007
Oxford University Press
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Persons
Editor
Professor of Political Science, University of California, Irvine.
Professor Emeritus, Social Science Research Center, Berlin.
Content
PART I INTRODUCTION; PART II MASS BELIEF SYSTEMS AND COMMUNICATION; PART III MODERNIZATION AND SOCIAL CHANGE; PART IV POLITICAL VALUES; PART V NEW DEBATES IN POLITICAL BEHAVIOR; PART VI POLITICAL PARTICIPATION; PART VII DOES PUBLIC OPINION MATTER?; PART VIII THE METHODOLOGY OF COMPARATIVE POLITICAL BEHAVIOR RESEARCH