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Title Performance politics and the British voter / Harold D. Clarke [and others].

Publication Info. Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009.

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Description 1 online resource (xvi, 372 pages) : illustrations
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents 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.
Summary This text 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.
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Subject Voting -- Great Britain.
Voting.
Great Britain.
Elections -- Great Britain.
Elections.
Political parties -- Great Britain -- Public opinion.
Political parties.
Public opinion.
Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1945-
Politics and government.
Chronological Term 1945-
Subject Public opinion -- Great Britain.
Chronological Term Since 1945
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author Clarke, Harold D.
Other Form: Print version: Performance politics and the British voter. Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009 9780521874441 (DLC) 2009017296 (OCoLC)316824227
ISBN 9780511595639 (electronic book)
0511595638 (electronic book)
9780511596476 (electronic book)
0511596472 (electronic book)
9780511596872 (electronic book)
0511596871 (electronic book)
9780521874441 (Cloth)
0521874440 (Cloth)
9780521697286 (paperback)
052169728X (paperback)
9786612316647
6612316640