Reconceptualization of the Nature of Mass Belief Systems
Title | Reconceptualization of the Nature of Mass Belief Systems PDF eBook |
Author | David Emory England |
Publisher | |
Pages | 434 |
Release | 1987 |
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The Nature of Belief Systems Reconsidered
Title | The Nature of Belief Systems Reconsidered PDF eBook |
Author | Jeffrey Friedman |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 342 |
Release | 2018-12-07 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 1135755353 |
In the foundational document of modern public-opinion research, Philip E. Converse’s "The Nature of Belief Systems in Mass Publics" (1964) established the U.S. public’s startling political ignorance. This volume makes Converse’s long out-of-print article available again and brings together a variety of scholars, including Converse himself, to reflect on Converse’s findings after nearly half a century of further research. Some chapters update findings on public ignorance. Others outline relevant research agendas not only in public-opinion and voter-behavior studies, but in American political development, "state theory," and normative theory. Three chapters grapple with whether voter ignorance is "rational." Several chapters consider the implications of Converse’s findings for the democratic ideal of a well-informed public; others focus on the political "elite," who are better informed but quite possibly more dogmatic than members of the general public. Contributors include Scott Althaus, Stephen Earl Bennett, Philip E. Converse, Samuel DeCanio, James S. Fishkin, Jeffrey Friedman, Doris A. Graber, Russell Hardin, Donald Kinder, Arthur Lupia, Samuel L. Popkin, Ilya Somin, and Gregory W. Wawro. This book was originally published as a special issue of Critical Review: A Journal of Politics and Society.
Political Reasoning and Cognition
Title | Political Reasoning and Cognition PDF eBook |
Author | Shawn Rosenberg |
Publisher | Duke University Press |
Pages | 217 |
Release | 2013-07-12 |
Genre | Philosophy |
ISBN | 0822381524 |
This work presents a new, alternative approach to studying the formation of political ideologies and attitudes, addressing a concern in political science that research in this area is at a crossroads. The authors provide an epistemologically grounded critique on the literature of belief systems, explaining why traditional approaches have reached the limits of usefulness. Following the lead of such continental theorists such as Jurgen Habermas and Anthony Giddens, who stress the importance of Jean Piaget to the development of a strong theoretical perspective in political psychology, the authors develop a different epistemology, theory,and research strategy based on Piaget, then apply it in two emperical studies of belief systems, and finally present a third theoretical study of political culture and political development.
Index to American Doctoral Dissertations
Title | Index to American Doctoral Dissertations PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 1252 |
Release | 1989 |
Genre | Dissertations, Academic |
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Dissertation Abstracts International
Title | Dissertation Abstracts International PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 420 |
Release | 1988 |
Genre | Dissertations, Academic |
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Maps of Meaning
Title | Maps of Meaning PDF eBook |
Author | Jordan B. Peterson |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 564 |
Release | 2002-09-11 |
Genre | Psychology |
ISBN | 1135961751 |
Why have people from different cultures and eras formulated myths and stories with similar structures? What does this similarity tell us about the mind, morality, and structure of the world itself? From the author of 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos comes a provocative hypothesis that explores the connection between what modern neuropsychology tells us about the brain and what rituals, myths, and religious stories have long narrated. A cutting-edge work that brings together neuropsychology, cognitive science, and Freudian and Jungian approaches to mythology and narrative, Maps of Meaning presents a rich theory that makes the wisdom and meaning of myth accessible to the critical modern mind.
Sociological Abstracts
Title | Sociological Abstracts PDF eBook |
Author | Leo P. Chall |
Publisher | |
Pages | 694 |
Release | 1994 |
Genre | Sociology |
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