Sniderman / Stiglitz The Reputational Premium

A Theory of Party Identification and Policy Reasoning
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ISBN: 978-1-4008-4255-1
Verlag: De Gruyter
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E-Book, Englisch, 160 Seiten

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Autoren/Hrsg.

Sniderman, Paul M.

Stiglitz, Edward H.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Theorie, Politische Philosophie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Politische Parteien
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Geschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface ix

Chapter 1: Introduction 1

Our Story 3

Chapter 2: A Reputational Theory of Party Identification and Policy Reasoning 12

Premises 12

The Institutional Basis of Party- Centered Voting 13

Characteristics of Choice Sets in Politics 16

Reputational Reasoning and Candidate Positioning 23

Chapter 3: Lessons from a Sterile Downsian Environment 34

Issues of Identity 34

A Thought Experiment: Policy Reasoning in a Sterilized Downsian Space 36

The Downsian Experiment 37

Party and Partisanship in the Absence of Party 42

Lessons from a Sterile Downsian Environment 62

Chapter 4: The Electoral Logic of Party Reputations 64

The Errors- and- Bias Interpretation of Party Identifi cation 64

The Canonical Theory of Party Identifi cation 71

Programmatic Partisans and Reputational Premiums in Policy Reasoning 77

Candidate Positioning and the Reputational Premium: The Order Rule 79

Alternative Hypotheses on Candidate Positioning 82

Replication: The Order Rule 89

When Candidate Positions and Party Reputations Conflict 92

Caveat Lector 93

Chapter 5: The Democratic Experiment: A Supply- Side Theory of Political Ideas and Institutions 95

A Reputational Theory of Party Identifi cation and Policy Reasoning 96

A Party- Centered Supply- Side Approach to the Question of Citizen Competence 100

A Paradox: Citizen Competence and Partisan Reputation 104

Coda 109

Appendix A: A Limit on the Influence of the Policy Reputations of Parties 110

Introduction 110

Reputations as Encoded Information 114

The Stickiness of Preferences 116

Can Parties Induce Polarization Spikes? 119

Replication 125

Precis 130

Appendix B Study Descriptions: General Description of Methodology 133

References 137

Index 143

Über Autor(innen)

Paul M. Sniderman is the Fairleigh S. Dickinson, Jr., Professor of Public Policy at Stanford University and a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Edward H. Stiglitz holds a PhD in political science from Stanford University and is completing a JD at Stanford Law School.