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Platform or personality? : the role of party leaders in elections

Title
Platform or personality? : the role of party leaders in elections / Amanda Bittner.
Author
Bittner, Amanda.
Publication
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2011.

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Additional Authors
European Consortium for Political Research.
Description
xiii, 208 p. : ill.; 24 cm.
Summary
Incorporates data from 35 election studies from 7 countries to examine the role of party leaders on voters' perceptions and voting behaviors, arguing that personality plays an important role in elections.
Series Statement
Comparative politics
Uniform Title
Comparative politics (Oxford University Press)
Subject
  • Personality and politics
  • Political parties
  • Voting > Psychological aspects
  • Political parties > Public opinion > Case studies
Note
  • "ECPR."
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [185]-203) and index.
Contents
What information do we have about how voters perceive party leaders? -- The two-dimensional structure of traits -- The impact of voters' characteristics on the evaluations of party leaders -- The impact of partisan stereotype -- The impact of party leaders' traits in elections -- Party leaders in different contexts : the role of political institutions.
Call Number
JFE 12-927
ISBN
  • 9780199595365 (hardback)
  • 0199595364 (hardback)
LCCN
2011929417
OCLC
YBP 2011929417
Author
Bittner, Amanda.
Title
Platform or personality? : the role of party leaders in elections / Amanda Bittner.
Imprint
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2011.
Series
Comparative politics
Comparative politics (Oxford University Press)
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. [185]-203) and index.
Added Author
European Consortium for Political Research.
Research Call Number
JFE 12-927
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