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This book functions as a field guide to partisanship for scholars and students in political science and social psychology. It also makes scholarship on partisanship accessible to people outside of academia who are interested in the impact of unconditional party loyalties on themselves and their communities.

Table of Contents
1. Introduction to the book; 2. From rational choice to partisan identity – a paradigm change; 3. Partisan identity and political behavior – a review of prior scholarship; 4. Negative partisanship; 5. The measurement of positive partisan identity; 6. The measurement of negative partisan identity; 7. The psychological origins of positive and negative partisan identities; 8. The impact of positive and negative partisan identities on democratic behavior in the U.S. and Europe; 9. The impact of partisan identities on anti-democratic behavior in the U.S. and Europe; 10. Reconciling partisanship and democracy; 11. Future outlook; Appendix; References; Index.

When Politics Becomes Personal

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      Publisher Cambridge University Press
      Published 1/18/2024 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN-13 9781009055512
      978-1009055512
      ISBN-10 1009055518
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      Comparative politics Social, group or collective psychology

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      This book functions as a field guide to partisanship for scholars and students in political science and social psychology. It also makes scholarship on partisanship accessible to people outside of academia who are interested in the impact of unconditional party loyalties on themselves and their communities.

      Table of Contents
      1. Introduction to the book; 2. From rational choice to partisan identity – a paradigm change; 3. Partisan identity and political behavior – a review of prior scholarship; 4. Negative partisanship; 5. The measurement of positive partisan identity; 6. The measurement of negative partisan identity; 7. The psychological origins of positive and negative partisan identities; 8. The impact of positive and negative partisan identities on democratic behavior in the U.S. and Europe; 9. The impact of partisan identities on anti-democratic behavior in the U.S. and Europe; 10. Reconciling partisanship and democracy; 11. Future outlook; Appendix; References; Index.

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