The Handbook of Political Behavior
Volume 4
Published on 26. March 2012
Book
Paperback/Softback
XXVIII, 358 pages
978-1-4684-3880-2 (ISBN)
Description
In the writing of prefaces for works of this sort, most editors report being faced with similar challenges and have much in common in relating how these challenges are met. They acknowledge that their paramount ob jective is to provide more than an overview of topics but rather to offer selective critical reviews that will serve to advance theory and research in the particular area reviewed. The question of the appropriate audience to be addressed is usually answered by directing material to a potential audience of social scientists, graduate students, and, occasionally, ad vanced undergraduate students. Editors who are confronted with the problem of structuring their material often explore various means by which their social science discipline might be subdivided, then generally conclude that no particular classification strategy is superior. In elabo rating on the process by which the enterprise was initiated, editors typ ically resort to a panel of luminaries, who provide independent support for the idea and then offer both suggestions for topics and the authors who will write them. Editors usually concede that chapter topics and content do not reflect their original conception but are a compromise between their wishes and the authors' expertise and capabilities. Editors report that inevitable delays occur, authors drop out of projects and are replaced, and new topics are introduced. Finally, editors frequently con fess that the final product is incomplete, with gaps occurring because of failed commitments by authors or because authors could not be secured to write certain chapters.
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Edition
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1981
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Research
Illustrations
XXVIII, 358 p.
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 22 mm
Weight
566 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4684-3880-2 (9781468438802)
DOI
10.1007/978-1-4684-3878-9
Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Additional editions
Samuel Long
The Handbook of Political Behavior: Volume 4
Book
06/1981
Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers
€109.13
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Content
1 Political Disaffection.- The Theory of Political Alienation.- Conceptualization and Measurement of Political Discontent.- Origins and Correlates.- Explaining the Recent Trends.- Political Alienation and Political behavior.- Conclusion.- References.- 2 Sociopolitical Movements.- The Study of Sociopolitical Movements.- Theories of the Social Origins of Movements.- Mobilization, Recruitment, and the Problem of Consciousness.- Movement Organizations and the Problem of Movement Transformation.- The Strategy and Tactics of Movements.- The Dynamics of Conflict and the Outcome of Challenges.- References.- 3 Public Opinion and Ideology.- The Concept of Public Opinion.- The Individual Basis of Opinions.- Ideology in Mass Preferences.- Patterns and Trends in Contemporary American Opinion.- Public Opinion and Public Policy.- References.- 4 Political Participation.- Conceptualizing Political Participation.- Political Participation as a Function of Stimuli.- Political Participation as a Function of Personal Factors.- Political Participation as a Function of Social Position.- Political Participation as a Function of Environmental Variables.- What Difference Does Political Participation Make?.- References.- 5 Mass Communication and Politics.- Origins and Background of Contemporary Research.- The Political Media of Mass Communication.- Dimensions of the Mass Communication-Politics Relationship.- Methodological Considerations.- Theoretical Approaches.- Politics and Communication, or Political Communication?.- References.- 6 The Rise and Fall of 'Political Development'.- 'Political Development': What Is It?.- 'Political Development': What Happened to It?.- 'Political Development': What Are Its Meanings?.- Conclusion.- References.