Actions for Performance politics and the British voter
Performance politics and the British voter / Harold D. Clarke [and others].
- Published
- Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009.
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xvi, 372 pages) : illustrations
- Additional Creators
- Clarke, Harold D.
Access Online
- Language Note
- English.
- Contents
- Performance politics and the British voter -- The theory of valence politics -- Valence politics and the long campaign -- Tony's war -- Electoral choices -- The short campaign -- Voting and political participation -- Performance, people and the political system -- Performance politics reconsidered.
- Summary
- This text suggests that performance politics is at the heart of contemporary democracy, with voters forming judgments about how well competing parties and leaders perform on important issues. Given the high stakes and uncertainty involved, voters rely heavily on partisan cues and party leader images as guides to electoral choice.
- Subject(s)
- Since 1945
- Voting—Great Britain
- Elections—Great Britain
- Political parties—Great Britain—Public opinion
- Public opinion—Great Britain
- Vote—Grande-Bretagne
- Élections—Grande-Bretagne
- Opinion publique—Grande-Bretagne
- POLITICAL SCIENCE—Political Process—General
- POLITICAL SCIENCE—Political Process—Elections
- Elections
- Political parties—Public opinion
- Politics and government
- Public opinion
- Voting
- Politische Führung
- Wahlverhalten
- Great Britain—Politics and government—1945-
- Grande-Bretagne—Politique et gouvernement—1945-
- Great Britain
- Großbritannien
- ISBN
- 9780511595639 (electronic bk.)
0511595638 (electronic bk.)
9780511596476 (electronic bk.)
0511596472 (electronic bk.)
9780511596872 (electronic book)
0511596871 (electronic book)
0511593708 (electronic bk.)
9780511593703 (electronic bk.)
0521874440 (hbk.)
9780521874441
9780521697286 (pbk.)
052169728X (pbk.)
9780511592775
0511592779
9786612316647 (electronic bk.)
6612316640
1107198178
9781107198173
1282316648
9781282316645
0511596073
9780511596070 - Digital File Characteristics
- text file
- Bibliography Note
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
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