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Dynamic partisanship : how and why voter loyalties change / Ken Kollman and John E. Jackson.

Author/creator Kollman, Ken, 1966- author.
Other author/creatorJackson, John E. (John Edgar), 1942- author.
Format Book and Print
Publication Info Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2021.
Copyright Notice ̐u2021
Descriptionxi, 239 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Subject(s)
Contents Introduction : why study dynamic partisanship? -- Partisanship : meaning and measurement -- Consistent partisanship models -- The United States -- Australia, Canada, and the United Kingdom : the setup -- Australia, Canada, and the United Kingdom : results -- Explaining partisanship dynamics -- Parties and partisanship.
Abstract "Why do people identify with political parties and how stable are those identifications are over time and with changes in issues and party leadership? In an electoral democracy, parties act as a necessary link between voters and government. Stable party systems, with a relatively limited number of parties competing for control of government, and relatively stable voter identification with a party, are normally considered significant signals of a steady democracy. Ken Kollman and John E. Jackson study changing patterns of partisanship in four countries, the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, and Australia, over the last fifty years. In Dynamic Partisanship they observe changes in party identification since the 1960's in these four countries which they seek to explain. They find that changes in the parties' positions on important issues explains most of the change in party identification. An outstanding illustration of this effect is the example of white voters leaving the Democratic party as it came to embrace civil rights"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Issued in other formebook version : 9780226762531
LCCN 2021003490
ISBN9780226762364
ISBN9780226762227 hardcover
ISBN022676222X hardcover
ISBN022676236X paperback
ISBNelectronic book

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