Reasoning and Choice Explorations in Political Psychology

Name: Reasoning and Choice Explorations in Political Psychology
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ISBN: 9780521407700

ISBN-10: 0521407702

ISBN-13: 9780521407700

Edition: 1993

Authors: Paul M. Sniderman, Richard A. Brody, Phillip E. Tetlock, Dennis Chong, James H. Kuklinski

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Drawing on a multitude of data sets and building on analyses carried out over more than a decade, Reasoning and Choice offers a major new theoretical explanation of how ordinary citizens figure out what they favor and oppose politically. Reacting against the conventional wisdom, which stresses how little attention the general public pays to political issues and the lack of consistency in their political opinions, the studies presented in this book redirect attention to the processes of reasoning that can be discerned when people are confronted with choices about political issues. These studies demonstrate that ordinary people are in fact capable of reasoning dependably about political…

Book details

List price: $37.99
Copyright year: 1993
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 7/30/1993
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 324
Size: 5.98" wide x 9.02" long x 0.71" tall
Weight: 0.946



List of tables and figures


Preface



Introduction: major themes



The role of heuristics in political reasoning: a theory sketch



Values under pressure: AIDS and civil liberties



The principle-policy puzzle: the paradox of American racial attitudes



Reasoning chains



The likability heuristic



Democratic values and mass publics



Ideological reasoning



Information and electoral choice



Stability and change in party identification: presidential to off-years



The American dilemma: the role of law as a persuasive symbol



Ideology and issue persuasibility: dynamics of racial policy attitudes



The new racism and the American ethos



Retrospect and prospect


Notes


Bibliography


Index