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Who wants to run? : how the devaluing of political office drives polarization / Andrew B. Hall.
LIBRA JK1976 .H355 2019
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hall, Andrew B., author.
- Series:
- Chicago studies in American politics
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Political candidates--United States.
- Political candidates.
- Right and left (Political science).
- United States.
- Elections--United States.
- Elections.
- Polarization (Social sciences).
- Right and left (Political science)--United States.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 155 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2019.
- Contents:
- Introduction: those fittest for the trust
- Who wants to run?
- A framework for studying elections and ideology
- The electoral preference for moderates
- Polarization and the devaluing of office
- Depolarization and the benefits of office
- Polarization and the costs of running
- Conclusion: who wants to run? in broader context
- Appendix 1: additional results on polarization and who runs
- Appendix 2: estimating the advantage of moderates
- Appendix 3: effects of office benefits on polarization
- Appendix 4: state legislators running for the U.S. House.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780226609577
- 022660957X
- 9780226609430
- 022660943X
- OCLC:
- 1042078933
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