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List of tables |
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Notes on contributors |
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Acknowledgments |
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Editors' introduction - in defense of political science |
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Part I Theoretical approaches to the study of voter behavior |
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1 Democratic theory and electoral behavior |
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9 | (12) |
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2 The sociological and social-psychological approaches |
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21 | (9) |
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3 Rational choice theory and voting |
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30 | (11) |
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4 Institutions and voting behavior |
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41 | (14) |
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Part II Turnout: why people vote (or don't) |
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55 | (66) |
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5 The big picture: turnout at the macro-level |
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57 | (12) |
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6 Demographics and the social bases of voter turnout |
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69 | (14) |
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7 Turnout and the calculus of voting: recent advances and prospects for integration with theories of campaigns and elections |
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83 | (13) |
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8 Voting and the expanding repertoire of participation |
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96 | (12) |
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9 The acquisition of voting habits |
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108 | (13) |
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Part III Determinants of vote choice |
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121 | (84) |
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10 Long-term factors: class and religious cleavages |
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123 | (13) |
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11 Ideology and electoral choice |
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136 | (10) |
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146 | (12) |
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13 Trends in partisanship |
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158 | (12) |
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14 Politics, media and the electoral role of party leaders |
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170 | (11) |
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15 Preferences, constraints, and choices: tactical voting in mass elections |
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181 | (11) |
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192 | (13) |
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Part IV The role of context and campaigns |
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205 | (136) |
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207 | (13) |
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220 | (12) |
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19 Voting behavior in multi-level electoral systems |
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232 | (12) |
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20 Local context, social networks and neighborhood effects on voter choice |
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244 | (12) |
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21 Voting behavior in referendums |
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256 | (11) |
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22 Networks, contexts, and the process of political influence |
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267 | (13) |
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23 Persuasion and mobilization efforts by parties and candidates |
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280 | (13) |
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24 Campaign, strategies, media, and voters: the fourth era of political communication |
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293 | (12) |
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25 The role of mass media in shaping public opinion and voter behavior |
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305 | (14) |
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319 | (22) |
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Part V The nature of public opinion |
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341 | (102) |
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27 Attitudes, values and belief systems |
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343 | (14) |
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28 The stability of political attitudes |
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357 | (12) |
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29 Political knowledge: measurement, misinformation and turnout |
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369 | (14) |
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Jennifer vanHeerde-Hudson |
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30 Is there a rational public? |
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383 | (11) |
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31 The geometry of party competition: parties and voters in the issue space |
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394 | (10) |
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32 The thermostatic model: the public, policy and politics |
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404 | (12) |
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416 | (13) |
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34 Generational replacement: engine of electoral change |
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429 | (14) |
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Part VI Methodological challenges and new developments |
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35 Selecting the dependent variable in electoral studies: choice or preference? |
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445 | (13) |
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36 The quest for representative survey samples |
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458 | (14) |
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37 Horses for courses: using internet surveys for researching public opinion and voting behavior |
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38 The use of aggregate data in the study of voting behavior: ecological inference, ecological fallacy and other applications |
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485 | (11) |
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496 | (13) |
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40 Field experiments in political behavior |
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509 | (13) |
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41 Making inferences about elections and public opinion using incidentally collected data |
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522 | (12) |
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