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New directions in public opinion
\"The 2016 elections called into question the accuracy of public opinion polling while tapping into new streams of public opinion more widely. The third edition of this well-established text addresses these questions and adds new perspectives to its authoritative line-up. The hallmark of this book is making cutting edge research accessible and understandable to students and general readers. Here we see a variety of disciplinary approaches to public opinion reflected including psychology, economics, sociology, and biology in addition to political science. An emphasis on race, gender, and new media puts the elections of 2016 into context and prepares students to look ahead to 2020 and beyond. New to the Third Edition: Includes 2016 election results and their implications for public opinion polling going forward. Three new chapters have been added on racializing politics, worldview politics, and the modern information environment. New authors include Shanto Iyengar, Michael Tesler, Vladimir E. Medencica, Erin Cikanek, Danna Young, Jennifer Jerit and Jake Haselswerdt\"-- Provided by publisher.
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Anti-Americanism in Europe
In his analysis of Europe's ambivalence toward jihadist terror and the spread of aggressive Islamism, with particular emphasis on the European responses—or lack thereof—to this violent anti-modernism, Russell A. Berman describes how some European countries opt for appeasement and apologetics, whereas others muster the strength to defend their way of life and stand up for freedom. He describes a complex continent of different nations and traditions to further our understanding of the range of reactions to Islamism.
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For-profit democracy : why the government is losing the trust of rural America
A fascinating sociological assessment of the damaging effects of the for-profit partnership between government and corporation on rural Americans Why is government distrust rampant, especially in the rural United States? This book offers a simple explanation: corporations and the government together dispossess rural people of their prosperity, and even their property. Based on four years of fieldwork, this eye-opening assessment by sociologist Loka Ashwood plays out in a mixed-race Georgia community that hosted the first nuclear power reactors sanctioned by the government in three decades. This work serves as an explanatory mirror of prominent trends in current American politics. Churches become havens for redemption, poaching a means of retribution, guns a tool of self-defense, and nuclear power a faltering solution to global warming as governance strays from democratic principles. In the absence of hope or trust in rulers, rural racial tensions fester and divide. The book tells of the rebellion that unfolds as the rights of corporations supersede the rights of humans.
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Ambivalence and the structure of political opinion
This book represents an important step in bringing together various strands of research about attitudinal ambivalence and public opinion. Essays by a distinguished group of political scientists and social psychologists provide a conceptual framework for understanding how ambivalence is currently understood and measured, as well as its relevance to the mass public's beliefs about our political institutions and national identity. The theoretical insights, methodological innovations, and empirical analyses will add substantially to our knowledge about the nature of ambivalence in particular, and the structure and evolution of political attitudes in general.
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Dynamics of American Democracy
Democracy is in crisis. Washington is failing. Government is
broken. On these counts many politicians, policy experts, and
citizens agree. What is less clear is why-and what to do about it.
These questions are at the heart of Dynamics of American
Democracy , which goes beneath the surface of current events to
explore the forces reshaping democratic politics in the United
States and around the world. Bringing together leading scholars and
practitioners of politics and governance, this volume charts a
twenty-first-century landscape beset by ideological polarization
and political tribalism; rapid demographic, economic, and
technological change; the influence of online news and social
media; and the increasing importance of public attitudes about
gender and race. Against this fraught background the authors
consider the performance of the two-party system, the operations of
Congress and the presidency, and the ways in which ordinary
citizens form their beliefs and make their voting decisions. The
contributors' work represents a wide range of perspectives and
methodological approaches and provides insight into what ails
American governance, from the practice of politics as tribal
warfare to the electoral rules that produce a two-party hegemony,
and from the impact of social media-including how differently
conservatives and liberals use Twitter-to the significance of
President Trump in historical and institutional perspective.
Finally, Dynamics of American Democracy goes beyond
diagnosis to present and evaluate the value and viability of
proposals for reforming politics.
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Cultivating Democracy
Scholars across several social science disciplines have indicated that the behavior described by the term \"civic engagement\" is girded by a set of attitudes that show knowledge about, and positive evaluations of, government and politics. Drawing on extensive interviews with high school students from a variety of socioeconomic backgrounds, Cultivating Democracy examines the sources of those attitudes, including individual characteristics, and the qualities of local environments that shape the experiences of late adolescence.
The authors gathered data on adolescent attitudes by interviewing students in a wide variety of locations, from Baltimore's inner city and suburbs to the most affluent communities in Montgomery County, Maryland. Focusing initially on attitudes toward ethnic diversity and immigration, the authors expanded their focus to the political socialization of young people, including patriotism and political knowledge and participation.
The authors demonstrate how political socialization is shaped through the social messages presented to citizens by others. According to Gimpel, Lay, and Schuknecht, while formal education as a means of socializing youth is critically important, other useful means for communicating positive socializing messages, through political parties, elections, and the media, have been ignored. They recommend compensatory strategies to promote civic engagement among those who are at risk to be nonparticipants.
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