Beyond rationality : behavioral political science in the 21st century
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Beyond rationality : behavioral political science in the 21st century
Cambridge University Press, 2022
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 243-265) and index
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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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