Beyond rationality : behavioral political science in the 21st century

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Beyond rationality : behavioral political science in the 21st century

Alex Mintz, Nicholas A. Valentino, Carly Wayne

Cambridge University Press, 2022

  • : pbk

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 243-265) and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

How and why do people make political decisions? This book is the first to present a unified framework of the Behavioral Political Science paradigm. - BPS presents a range of psychological approaches to understanding political decision-making. The integration of these approaches with Rational Choice Theory provides students with a comprehensible paradigm for understanding current political events around the world. Presented in nontechnical language and enlivened with a wealth of real-world examples, this is an ideal core text for a one-semester courses in political science, American government, political psychology, or political behavior. It can also supplement a course in international relations or public policy.

Table of Contents

  • 1. Living in interesting times: How can behavioral political science help us understand the current political moment?
  • 2. The rational actor model of political decision making
  • 3. The limits of human processing: Bounded rationality, heuristics and biases
  • 4. What you say may matter less than how you say it: The role of framing in political communication effects
  • 5. The limitations of the unitary actor model of government
  • 6. Feeling politics: How emotions impact attitudes and behavior
  • 7. The origins of political preferences: Material self-interest or personality, moral values and group attitudes?
  • 8. Better to be right or to belong? Motivated reasoning in politics
  • 9. Looking forward: How behavioral political science can help policymakers.

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