Classics in Voting Behavior / Edition 1

by Richard G. Niemi, Herbert F. Weisberg

Overview

Now back in print, this reader brings together the best work in the study of American voting behavior. It's contents, from the 1950s-mid 1980s, include election turnout, political sophistication, vote determinants, congressional and state elections, party identification, and historical perspectives.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780871876515
Publisher:	SAGE Publications
Publication date:	01/01/1992
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	345
Product dimensions:	11.00(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

About the Author

Richard G. Niemi is Don Alonzo Watson Professor of Political Science at the University of Rochester, where he has taught for forty-five years and has served as department chair, associate dean for graduate studies, and interim dean. He earned his Ph D from the University of Michigan in 1967. Professor Niemi has been a Guggenheim fellow and a fellow at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences. He has been a visiting professor at the University of Lund (Sweden) and at the University of Iowa. In 2007–2009 he was president of the American Political Science Association’s Section on State Politics and Policy. He is a foreign member of the Finnish Academy of Science and Letters and a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He is the author, coauthor, or editor of numerous works on political socialization, civic education, voting behavior, and various aspects of state politics. He has an ongoing interest in the Native Americans of upstate New York and Wisconsin, from whom he can trace a portion of his ancestry.

I am a Professor in the Department of Political Science at Ohio State University. My research and teaching interests include voting behavior, legislative behavior, and research methods, with a focus on survey research methods and scaling techniques.

Editorial Reviews

A reader gathering highlights of the best original work in the study of American voting behavior from the late 1950s through the mid-1980s. The editors provide introductory essays that summarize each of a half- dozen areas of voting behavior research. Drawing from the first two editions of Controversies in Voting Behavior, the editors have also selected readings not previously collected that are now recognized as classic contributions. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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