Competing motives in the partisan mind : how loyalty and responsiveness shape party identification and democracy / Eric W. Groenendyk.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Groenendyk, Eric W.

Series:

Series in Political Psychology

Series in political psychology

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Party affiliation.

Political parties.

Voting.

Democracy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (218 p.)

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, c2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Party identification is generally considered the most powerful predictor of voting behaviour. Yet, after 50 years of research, scholars continue to disagree over the implications of this well-known finding. Some argue that party identification constitutes a stable affective attachment that voters are motivated to defend, whereas others argue that party identification constitutes a running tally of voters' objective evaluations. This book seeks to advance the literature beyond this impasse by relaxing the motivational assumptions underlying the literature's two dominant models.

Contents:

Cover; Contents; Introduction; 1 A Dual Motivations Theory; 2 Identity Justification: Identifying with the "Lesser of Two Evils"; 3 Identity Justification: Issue Reprioritization; 4 Cognitive Resources and Resistance to Identity Change; 5 Motivation and Measurement Error; 6 The Paradox of Partisan Responsiveness; 7 Motivation and Democracy; Appendices; References; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on August 21, 2013).

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

0-19-996981-7

1-299-75694-8

OCLC:

922972466