{"product_id":"the-two-majorities-the-issue-context-of-modern-american-politics-interpreting-american-politics-9780801850196","title":"The Two Majorities The Issue Context of Modern","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eProvocatively, the authors argue that each party's best strategy for success is not to try to take popular positions on the whole range of issues, but to focus attention on the party's most successful cluster of issues.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eByron Shafer and William Claggett have given us an important book. While attending ably to their primary objective of advancing our understanding of the contemporary partisan realignment, the authors manage as well to contribute significantly to another subject of even greater scope. -- Everett Carll Ladd Public Opinion Quarterly The stated scholarly mission of the book is to tease out the structure of American political opinion in the late twentieth century: the central concerns of that opinion, their roots and the distribution of preferences on them, and the gathering and dividing of preferences in partisan ways. In addition, Shafer and Claggett consider the implications of an opinion structure for practical-and successful-politicking. -- Edward Sidlow Perspectives on Political Science Overall, The Two Majorities is an interesting and useful study of public opinion. It provides readers with a good picture of public opinion and it connects that picture with sound strategic advice for each party about what sort of issues to emphasize and to ignore. -- Eric R. A. N. Smith American Political Science Review\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eList of Figures\u003cbr\u003eList of Tables\u003cbr\u003eSeries Editor's Foreword\u003cbr\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003eChapter 1. The Notion of an Issue Context: Public Wishes and the Two Majorities\u003cbr\u003eChapter 2. Dimensions of Political Opinion: \"Great Issues\" for the Modern Era\u003cbr\u003eChapter 3. A Structure for Political Opinion: Political Parties and Partisan Preferences\u003cbr\u003eChapter 4. A Structure for Political Opinion: Social Groups and Group Preferences\u003cbr\u003eChapter 5. A Framework for Politicking: Parties, Groups, and the Issue Context\u003cbr\u003eChapter 6. The Shape of Policy Options: Activists, Followers, and Political Preferences\u003cbr\u003eChapter 7. The Shape of Policy Options: The War inside the Parties\u003cbr\u003eChapter 8. An Issue Context for Contemporary Politics: The Two Majorities and Partisan Conflict\u003cbr\u003eAppendix: Texts for Survey Questions\u003cbr\u003eNotes\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Johns Hopkins University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49405187129687,"sku":"9780801850196","price":21.85,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780801850196.jpg?v=1730489036","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-two-majorities-the-issue-context-of-modern-american-politics-interpreting-american-politics-9780801850196","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}