Editors’ introduction – in defense of political science
Justin Fisher, Edward Fieldhouse, Mark N. Franklin, Rachel Gibson, Marta Cantijoch and Christopher Wlezien
PART I
Theoretical approaches to the study of voter behavior
1 Democratic theory and electoral behavior
Ian McAllister
2 The sociological and social-psychological approaches
Vincent L. Hutchings and Hakeem J. Jefferson
3 Rational choice theory and voting
Keith Dowding
4 Institutions and voting behavior
B. Guy Peters
PART II
Turnout: why people vote (or don’t)
5 The big picture: turnout at the macro-level
Jack Vowles
6 Demographics and the social bases of voter turnout
Eric Plutzer
7 Turnout and the calculus of voting: recent advances and prospects for integration with theories of campaigns and elections
John H. Aldrich and Libby M. Jenke
8 Voting and the expanding repertoire of participation
Jan W. van Deth
9 The acquisition of voting habits
Elias Dinas
PART III
Determinants of vote choice
10 Long-term factors: class and religious cleavages
Geoffrey Evans and Ksenia Northmore-Ball
11 Ideology and electoral choice
Martin Elff
Shaun Bowler
Oliver Heath
14 Politics, media and the electoral role of party leaders
Anthony Mughan and Loes Aaldering
15 Preferences, constraints, and choices: tactical voting in mass elections
R. Michael Alvarez, D. Roderick Kiewiet and Lucas Núñez
Marianne C. Stewart and Harold D. Clarke
PART IV
The role of context and campaigns
Iain McLean
Pippa Norris
19 Voting behavior in multi-level electoral systems
Hermann Schmitt and Eftichia Teperoglou
20 Local context, social networks and neighborhood effects on voter choice
Ron Johnston and Charles Pattie
21 Voting behavior in referendums
Michael Marsh
22 Networks, contexts, and the process of political influence
Robert Huckfeldt, Matthew T. Pietryka and John B. Ryan
23 Persuasion and mobilization efforts by parties and candidates
Justin Fisher
24 Campaign strategies, media, and voters: the fourth era of political communication
Holli A. Semetko and Hubert Tworzecki
25 The role of mass media in shaping public opinion and voter behavior
Susan Banducci
Stephen Ward, Rachel Gibson and Marta Cantijoch
PART V
The nature of public opinion
27 Attitudes, values and belief systems
Oddbjørn Knutsen
28 The stability of political attitudes
Robert S. Erikson
29 Political knowledge: measurement, misinformation and turnout
Jennifer vanHeerde- Hudson
30 Is there a rational public?
Jørgen Bølstad
31 The geometry of party competition: parties and voters in the issue space
Lorenzo De Sio
32 The thermostatic model: the public, policy and politics
Christopher Wlezien
Pedro C. Magalhães
34 Generational replacement: engine of electoral change
Wouter van der Brug and Mark N. Franklin
PART VI
Methodological challenges and new developments
35 Selecting the dependent variable in electoral studies: choice or preference?
Cees van der Eijk
36 The quest for representative survey samples
Laura Stoker and Andrew McCall
37 Horses for courses: using internet surveys for researching public opinion and voting behavior
Edward Fieldhouse and Christopher Prosser
38 The use of aggregate data in the study of voting behavior: ecological inference, ecological fallacy and other applications
Luana Russo
Stephen D. Fisher
40 Field experiments in political behavior
Donald P. Green and Erin A. York
41 Making inferences about elections and Public oPinion using incidentally collected data
Jonathan Mellon