Lavine, Howard.
The ambivalent partisan how critical loyalty promotes democracy / [electronic resource] : Howard G. Lavine, Christopher D. Johnston, and Marco R. Steenbergen. - New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2013. - 1 online resource. - Series in political psychology . - Series in political psychology. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Taking aim at decades of received wisdom, the central claim of this book is that high-quality political judgment hinges less on citizens' cognitive ability than on their willingness to temporarily suspend partisan habits and follow the 'evidence' wherever it leads. This occurs most readily when citizens experience a disjuncture between their stable political 'identities' and their contemporary 'evaluations' of party performance, a state the authors refer to as 'partisan ambivalence'.
9780199979622 (ebook) : No price
Party affiliation--United States.
Democracy--Psychological aspects.
Political participation--Psychological aspects.--United States
Voting--Psychological aspects.--United States
JK2271 / .L38 2013
324.0973
The ambivalent partisan how critical loyalty promotes democracy / [electronic resource] : Howard G. Lavine, Christopher D. Johnston, and Marco R. Steenbergen. - New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2013. - 1 online resource. - Series in political psychology . - Series in political psychology. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Taking aim at decades of received wisdom, the central claim of this book is that high-quality political judgment hinges less on citizens' cognitive ability than on their willingness to temporarily suspend partisan habits and follow the 'evidence' wherever it leads. This occurs most readily when citizens experience a disjuncture between their stable political 'identities' and their contemporary 'evaluations' of party performance, a state the authors refer to as 'partisan ambivalence'.
9780199979622 (ebook) : No price
Party affiliation--United States.
Democracy--Psychological aspects.
Political participation--Psychological aspects.--United States
Voting--Psychological aspects.--United States
JK2271 / .L38 2013
324.0973