Partisanship has a powerful influence on political behavior in the United States, but its
influence is less certain in European democracies. Part of the debate concerning the …

Early electoral research in the United States discovered the most important concept in the
study of political behavior: party identification. Party identification is a long-term, affective …

A well-functioning democracy requires a degree of mutual respect and a willingness to talk
across political divides. Yet numerous studies have shown that many electorates are …

Fox Populism offers fresh insights into why the Fox News Channel has been both
commercially successful and politically effective. Where existing explanations of Fox's …

There is no doubt that partisanship is a powerful influence on democratic political behavior.
But there is also a lively debate on its nature and origins: Is it largely instrumental in nature …

Party and Democracy questions why political parties today are held in such low estimation in
advanced democracies. The first part of the volume reviews theoretical motivations behind …

The article provides an assessment of the most recent literature on political leadership by
focusing on its effects on voters' cognition and behavior, in the light of the ongoing …

Scholars disagree about the nature of party attachments, viewing partisanship as either a
social identity or a rational maximization of expected utility. Empirically, much of this debate …

Using an innovative framework for the study of voting behavior in parliamentary
democracies, this book sheds new light on the ongoing personalization of politics. The …

This paper introduces social identity theory and self-categorization theory to policy process
research. Drawing from the prominent and widely acknowledged psychological social …