Bibliograph

The politics of competence, parties, public opinion and voters, Jane Green, University of Manchester, Will Jennings, University of Southampton

Type

Label

The politics of competence, parties, public opinion and voters, Jane Green, University of Manchester, Will Jennings, University of Southampton

Language

eng

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The politics of competence

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Oclc number

1005905162

Responsibility statement

Jane Green, University of Manchester, Will Jennings, University of Southampton

Series statement

Cambridge Social Sciences eBooks

Sub title

parties, public opinion and voters

Summary

Using decades of public opinion data from the US, UK, Australia, Germany and Canada, and distinguishing between three concepts - issue ownership, performance and generalised competence - Green and Jennings show how political parties come to gain or lose 'ownership' of issues, how they are judged on their performance in government across policy issues and how they develop a reputation for competence (or incompetence) over a period in office. Their analysis tracks the major events causing people to re-evaluate party reputations and the costs of governing which cause electorates to punish parties in power. They reveal why, when and how these movements in public opinion matter to elections. The implications are important for long-standing debates about performance and partisanship, and reveal that public opinion about party and governing competence is, to a great extent, the product of major shocks and predictable dynamics. --, Provided by publisher

Table Of Contents

Conceptual problems and solutions -- Concepts of issue competence -- Explaining issue ownership change -- Government performance and oppositions -- Generalised competence and the costs of governing -- Ownership, performance, generalised competence and the vote

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