George E. Marcus W. Russell Neuman Michael Mackuen
Although the rational choice approach toward political behavior has been severely criticized, its adherents claim that competing models have failed to offer a more scientific model of political decisionmaking. This measured but provocative book offers precisely that: an alternative way of understanding political behavior based on cognitive research. The authors draw on research in neuroscience, physiology, and experimental psychology to conceptualize habit and reason as two mental states that interact in a delicate, highly functional balance controlled by emotion. Applying this approach...
Although the rational choice approach toward political behavior has been severely criticized, its adherents claim that competing models have failed to...
Michael Mackuen George Rabinowitz Michael B. Mackuen
"Electoral Democracy" pushes the boundaries of our current understanding of democratic politics and government. Some of the most distinguished scholars in the discipline were asked to write about a topic of continuing interest to their ongoing research programs. The fruit of their efforts incorporates the best of contemporary work on public opinion and democracy. Taking different perspectives, the authors assess the nature of citizens' political beliefs and values and then consider the ways that those views connect with elite policy-making. The combined set of essays provides the reader a...
"Electoral Democracy" pushes the boundaries of our current understanding of democratic politics and government. Some of the most distinguished scholar...
Michael Mackuen Robert S. Erikson James A. Stimson
The Macro Polity provides the first comprehensive model of American politics at the system level. Focusing on the interactions between citizen evaluations and preferences, government activity and policy, and how the combined acts of citizens and governments influence one another over time, it integrates understandings of matters such as economic outcomes, presidential approval, partisanship, elections, and government policy-making into a single model. The book's macro and longitudinal focus makes it possible to directly connect the behaviors of electorate and government.
The Macro Polity provides the first comprehensive model of American politics at the system level. Focusing on the interactions between citizen evaluat...