Reasoning and Choice: Explorations in Political Psychology (Cambridge Studies in Public Opinion and Political Psychology) - Hardcover

Sniderman, Paul M.; Brody, Richard A.; Tetlock, Phillip E.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0521402557 ISBN 13: 9780521402552

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 1991

Synopsis

Drawing on a multitude of data sets and building on analyses carried out over more than a decade, this book offers a major new theoretical explanation of how ordinary citizens figure out what they favour and oppose politically. Reacting against the conventional wisdom, which stresses how little attention the general public pays to political issues and the lack of consistency in their opinions, the studies presented in this book redirect attention to the processes of reasoning that can be discerned when people are confronted with choices about political issues. These studies demonstrate that ordinary people are in fact capable of reasoning dependably about political issues by the use of judgmental heuristics, even if they have only a limited knowledge of politics and of specific issues.

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Review:

'In sum this is a didactically, theoretically and methodologically impressive report on an important research project, scrupulously conducted over a number of years by a powerful group of scholars with a wide range of skills. It is now required reading for all who work on voting behaviour and/or political attitudes.' Michael Laver, Political Studies

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 1991
• ISBN 10: 0521402557
• ISBN 13: 9780521402552
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 324