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Shafer Byron E. |
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Titolo |
The American political landscape / / Byron E. Shafer and Richard H. Spady |
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Cambridge, Massachusetts ; ; London, England : , : Harvard University Press, , 2014 |
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©2014 |
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ISBN |
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0-674-72695-2 |
0-674-72605-7 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (378 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Politics, Practical - United States |
Political campaigns - United States |
Elections - United States |
United States Politics and government 1989- |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Front matter -- Contents -- Preface -- 1 The Strategic Landscape -- 2 Mapping the Political Landscape -- 3 Structure and Substance -- 4 Structure and Substance -- 5 Mapping the Political Landscape -- 6 Political Values and Presidential Votes -- 7 The Evolution of the Strategic Landscape -- 8 Social Groups and Electoral Evolution -- Conclusion The Landscape of Modern American Politics -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Social scientists and campaign strategists approach voting behavior from opposite poles. Reconciling these camps through a merger of statistics and election experience, The American Political Landscape presents a full-scale analysis of U.S. electoral politics over the last quarter-century. It explains how factors not usually considered hard data, such as personal attitudes and preferences, interact to produce an indisputably solid result: the final tally of votes. While pundits boil down elections to a stark choice between Democrat and Republican, Byron Shafer and Richard Spady explore the further significance of not voting at all. Voters can and do form coalitions around specific issues, |
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