| Edition |
Rev. to include the 1996 presidential election. |
| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 287 pages) : illustrations. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Michigan studies in political analysis
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Michigan studies in political analysis.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-282) and index. |
| Summary |
R. 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. |
| Contents |
""Contents""; ""Preface to the Revised Edition""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""1. Introduction""; ""2. Elections, Information, and Campaigns""; ""3. The Theory of Uncertainty and Elections""; ""4. Measuring Uncertainty""; ""5. Modeling Uncertainty and Voting""; ""6. The Causes of Uncertainty""; ""7. Information, Issues, and Candidate Evaluations""; ""8. Information and Voting Decisions""; ""9. Campaigns and Uncertainty""; ""10. The Dynamics of Uncertainty""; ""11. Information and Elections""; ""12. Uncertainty and Issues in the 1996 Campaign""; ""Appendixes""; ""A. Data and Models for Chapter 4"" |
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""B. Derivations for Chapter 5""""C. Data and Models for Chapter 6""; ""D. Data and Models for Chapter 7""; ""E. Data and Models for Chapter 8""; ""F. Data and Models for Chapter 12""; ""References""; ""Index"" |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
USA. |
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USA -- Präsident. |
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Presidents -- United States -- Election.
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Presidents. |
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United States. |
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Voting -- United States.
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Voting. |
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Political campaigns -- United States.
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Political campaigns. |
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Communication in politics -- United States.
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Communication in politics. |
| Chronological Term |
Geschichte 1976-1996. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Cover Title |
Information & elections |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Alvarez, R. Michael, 1964- Information and elections. Rev. to include the 1996 presidential election. Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, ©1998 9780472085750 (DLC) 98030391 (OCoLC)39556462 |
| ISBN |
9780472022373 (electronic book) |
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0472022377 (electronic book) |
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0472085751 (alkaline paper) |
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9780472085750 (alkaline paper) |
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