The politics of competence parties, public opinion and voters
Using decades of public opinion data from the US, UK, Australia, Germany and Canada, and distinguishing between three concepts - issue ownership, performance and generalised competence - Green and Jennings show how political parties come to gain or lose 'ownership' of issues, how they are...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge
Cambridge University Press
2017
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| Collection: | Cambridge Books Online - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- Conceptual problems and solutions
- Concepts of issue competence
- Explaining issue ownership change
- Government performance and oppositions
- Generalised competence and the costs of governing
- Ownership, performance, generalised competence and the vote