LEADER 03835nam 2200745 a 450 001 9910959651503321 005 20130619123034.0 010 $a9786612604553 010 $a9781282604551 010 $a1282604554 010 $a9780472022373 010 $a0472022377 024 7 $a10.3998/mpub.15100 035 $a(CKB)2560000000014818 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000399792 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11297923 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000399792 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10386315 035 $a(PQKB)11127042 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3414805 035 $a(OCoLC)642206227 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse9674 035 $a(MiU)10.3998/mpub.15100 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3414805 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10392979 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL260455 035 $a(OCoLC)923502413 035 $a(BIP)47317837 035 $a(EXLCZ)992560000000014818 100 $a19970707d1997 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aInformation and elections /$fR. Michael Alvarez 205 $aRev. to include the 1996 presidential election. 210 1$aAnn Arbor :$cUniversity of Michigan Press,$dc1997. 215 $a1 online resource (xi, 287 p. ) $cill 225 1 $aMichigan studies in political analysis 300 $a"Revised to include the 1996 presidential election." 311 08$a9780472107797 311 08$a0472107798 311 08$a9780472085750 311 08$a0472085751 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 243-252) and index. 330 $aR. Michael Alvarez examines how voters make their decisions in presidential elections. He begins with the assumption that voters have neither the incentive nor the inclination to be well-informed about politics and presidential candidates. Candidates themselves have incentives to provide ambiguous information about themselves, their records and their issue positions. Yet the author shows that a tremendous amount of information is made available about presidential candidates. And he uncovers clear and striking evidence that people are not likely to vote for candidates about whom they know very little. Alvarez explores how voters learn about candidates through the course of a campaign. He provides a detailed analysis of the media coverage of presidential campaigns and shows that there is a tremendous amount of media coverage of these campaigns, that much of this coverage is about issues and is informative, and that voters learn from this coverage. The paperback edition of this work has been updated to include information on the 1996 Presidential election. "Information and Elections" is a book that will be read by all who are interested in campaigns and electoral behavior in presidential and other elections. "Thoughtfully conceptualized, painstakingly analyzed, with empirically significant conclusions on presidential election voting behavior, this book is recommended for both upper-division undergraduate and graduate collections." --"Choice" R. Michael Alvarez is Associate Professor of Political Science, California Institute of Technology. 410 0$aMichigan studies in political analysis. 517 1 $aInformation & elections 606 $aPresidents$zUnited States$xElection 606 $aVoting$zUnited States 606 $aPolitical campaigns$zUnited States 606 $aCommunication in politics$zUnited States 615 0$aPresidents$xElection. 615 0$aVoting 615 0$aPolitical campaigns 615 0$aCommunication in politics 676 $a324.973092 700 $aAlvarez$b R. Michael$f1964-$01599998 801 0$bMiU 801 1$bMiU 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910959651503321 996 $aInformation and elections$94481546 997 $aUNINA