Paul M Sniderman: 3 books
The Reputational Premium
A Theory of Party Identification and Policy Reasoning
Language: English
Release Date: July 22, 2012
The Reputational Premium presents a new theory of party identification, the central concept in the study of voting. Challenging the traditional idea that voters identify with a political party out of blind emotional attachment, this pioneering book explains why party identification in contemporary...
The Democratic Faith
Essays on Democratic Citizenship
Language: English
Release Date: September 26, 2017
Can the citizens of a democracy be trusted to run it properly? Modern political science has concentrated on cataloguing voters’ failings—their lack of knowledge, tolerance, or consistency in political thinking. While it would be a mistake to think this portrait of citizens is simply wrong, it is...
Paradoxes of Liberal Democracy
Islam, Western Europe, and the Danish Cartoon Crisis
Language: English
Release Date: August 24, 2014
In 2005, twelve cartoons mocking the prophet Mohammed appeared in the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten, igniting a political firestorm over demands by some Muslims that the claims of their religious faith take precedence over freedom of expression. Given the explosive reaction from Middle Eastern...