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Performance politics and the British voter /

Record Type:	Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Performance politics and the British voter // Harold D. Clarke [and others].
remainder title:	Performance Politics & the British Voter
Author:	Clarke, Harold D.,
Description:	1 online resource (xvi, 372 pages) :digital, PDF file(s). :
Notes:	Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
Subject:	Voting - Great Britain. -
Subject:	Great Britain - Politics and government - 1997- -
Online resource:	https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511596872
ISBN:	9780511596872 (ebook)

Performance politics and the British voter /
Clarke, Harold D.,

Performance politics and the British voter /Performance Politics & the British VoterHarold D. Clarke [and others]. - 1 online resource (xvi, 372 pages) :digital, PDF file(s).

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Performance politics and the British voter -- The theory of valence politics -- Valence politics and the long campaign -- Tony's war -- Electoral choices -- The short campaign -- Voting and political participation -- Performance, people and the political system -- Performance politics reconsidered.

What matters most to voters when they choose their leaders? This book suggests that performance politics is at the heart of contemporary democracy, with voters forming judgments about how well competing parties and leaders perform on important issues. Given the high stakes and uncertainty involved, voters rely heavily on partisan cues and party leader images as guides to electoral choice. However, the authors argue that the issue agenda of British politics has changed markedly in recent years. A cluster of concerns about crime, immigration and terrorism now mix with perennial economic and public service issues. Since voters and parties often share the same positions on these issues, political competition focuses on who can do the best job. This book shows that a model emphasizing flexible partisan attachments, party leader images and judgments of party competence on key issues can explain electoral choice in contemporary Britain.

ISBN: 9780511596872 (ebook)Subjects--Topical Terms:

576681
Voting
--Great Britain.Subjects--Geographical Terms:

556459
Great Britain
--Politics and government--1997-

LC Class. No.: JN956 / .C35 2009

Dewey Class. No.: 324.941

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