The American public mind : the issues structure of mass politics in the postwar United States / William J.M. Claggett, Byron E. Shafer.

By:

Claggett, William J. M. (William Jennings Mitchell)

Contributor(s):

Shafer, Byron E

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2010.Description: 1 online resource (xiii, 295 pages) : illustrationsContent type:

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9780511680342
0511680341
9780511677847
0511677847
9780511682322
0511682328
9780511816420
0511816421

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: American public mind.DDC classification:

320.973 22

LOC classification:

JK1764 .C535 2010eb

Other classification:

89.40

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Contents:

Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Part I The structure of public preferences; A dataset, some theory, and a method; Organization of the book; 1 The Established Issues: Social Welfare; 2 The Established Issues: International Relations; 3 The New Issues: Civil Rights; 4 The New Issues: Cultural Values; 5 Blended Items: True, False, and Obscure; Part II Some Consequences of the Structure; Cross-domain analysis; A voting model; 6 Voting Behavior: The Established Issues; 7 Voting Behavior: The New Issues; 8 Voting Behavior: The Rest of the Story

9 The Issue Structure of Mass PoliticsAppendix Alternative Policy Domains?; Bibliography; Index

Summary: What is the real nature of substantive conflict in mass politics during the postwar years in the United States? How is it reflected in the American public mind? And how does this issue structure shape electoral conflict? William J.M. Claggett and Byron E. Shafer answer by developing measures of public preference in four great policy realms - social welfare, international relations, civil rights, and cultural values - for the entire period between 1952 and 2004. They use these to identify the issues that were moving the voting public at various points in time, while revealing the way in which public preferences shaped the structure of electoral politics. What results is the restoration of policy substance to the center of mass politics in the United States.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 283-289) and index.

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What is the real nature of substantive conflict in mass politics during the postwar years in the United States? How is it reflected in the American public mind? And how does this issue structure shape electoral conflict? William J.M. Claggett and Byron E. Shafer answer by developing measures of public preference in four great policy realms - social welfare, international relations, civil rights, and cultural values - for the entire period between 1952 and 2004. They use these to identify the issues that were moving the voting public at various points in time, while revealing the way in which public preferences shaped the structure of electoral politics. What results is the restoration of policy substance to the center of mass politics in the United States.

9 The Issue Structure of Mass PoliticsAppendix Alternative Policy Domains?; Bibliography; Index

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