Jane Green (University of Manchester), Will Jennings (University of Southampton)

The Politics of Competence

Parties, Public Opinion and Voters

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Produktbeschreibung

An in-depth and over-time analysis of public opinion about party competence on issues in the US, UK, Canada, Australia and Germany, revealing how issue ownership, government performance and generalised competence shape public opinion and how their causes and consequences should shape our understanding of parties, voting and elections.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 324
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Oktober 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 241mm x 164mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 588g
• ISBN-13: 9781107158016
• ISBN-10: 110715801X
• Artikelnr.: 48401511

Autorenporträt

Jane Green is Professor of Political Science at the University of Manchester and a Co-Director of the British Election Study, the UK's leading source of election data since 1964.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction
2. Conceptual problems, and solutions
3. Three concepts of issue competence
4. Explaining issue ownership change
5. Performance of governments, and oppositions
6. Generic competence and costs of governing
7. Combined effects of ownership, performance and generic competence
8. Conclusion
Appendices
Bibliography.