Political Behaviour 2102-ANG-L-D3POBE
1. Introductory meeting: How political behaviour is studied.
2. What is political behaviour?
Dalton, R.J. 2020. Citizen Politics: Public Opinion and Political Parties in Advanced Industrial Democracies. 7th Edition. CQ Press. Ch. 1
Additional reading:
• Russell J. Dalton and Hans‐Dieter Klingemann. 2007. “Citizens and Political Behavior” in: The Oxford Handbook of Political Behavior.
• Dalton, R. J. (2000). Citizen Attitudes and Political Behavior. Comparative Political Studies, 33(6-7).
3. The nature of mass beliefs
Dalton, R.J. 2020. Citizen Politics: Public Opinion and Political Parties in Advanced Industrial Democracies. 7th Edition. CQ Press. Ch. 2
Additional reading:
• De Vreese, C. H., & Boomgaarden, H. (2006). News, political knowledge and participation: The differential effects of news media exposure on political knowledge and participation. Acta politica, 41, 317-341.
• Fraile, M., & Gomez, R. (2017). Bridging the enduring gender gap in political interest in Europe: The relevance of promoting gender equality. European journal of political research, 56(3), 601-618.
4. Modes of participation
Dalton, R.J. 2020. Citizen Politics: Public Opinion and Political Parties in Advanced Industrial Democracies. 7th Edition. CQ Press. Ch. 3
Additional reading:
• Brady, Henry E., Sidney Verba, and Kay Lehman Schlozman. (1995). “Beyond SES: A Resource Model of Political Participation.” American Political Science Review 89 (June): 271-94.
• Vissers, S., & Stolle, D. (2014). The Internet and new modes of political participation: online versus offline participation. Information, Communication & Society, 17(8), 937-955.
• Holzer, Boris (2006). "Political consumerism between individual choice and collective action: social movements, role mobilization and signalling." International Journal of Consumer Studies 30.5, 405-415.
5. Who participates
Dalton, R.J. 2020. Citizen Politics: Public Opinion and Political Parties in Advanced Industrial Democracies. 7th Edition. CQ Press. Ch. 4
Additional reading:
• Gallego, A. (2007). Unequal political participation in Europe. International Journal of Sociology, 37(4), 10-25.
• R. Inglehart and P. Norris. (2000) “The Developmental Theory of the Gender Gap: Women’s and Men’s Voting Behavior in Global Perspective”, International Political Science Review 21 (4): 441-463.
• Sloam, J. (2014). New voice, less equal: The civic and political engagement of young people in the United States and Europe. Comparative Political Studies, 47(5), 663-688.
• Kasara, Kimuli, and Pavithra Suryanarayan. 2015. “When Do the Rich Vote Less Than the Poor and Why? Explaining Turnout Inequality across the World.” American Journal of Political Science 59 (3): 613-27.
6. Values
Dalton, R.J. 2020. Citizen Politics: Public Opinion and Political Parties in Advanced Industrial Democracies. 7th Edition. CQ Press. Ch. 5
Additional reading:
• Akaliyski, P. (2019). United in diversity? The convergence of cultural values among EU member states and candidates. European Journal of Political Research, 58(2), 388-411.
• Minkov, M., Welzel, C., & Schachner, M. (2020). Cultural evolution shifts the source of happiness from religion to subjective freedom. Journal of Happiness Studies, 21, 2873-2888.
• Ronald Inglehart, “Postmaterialist Values and the Shift from Survival to Self‐Expression Values”, in: The Oxford Handbook of Political Behavior.
7. Issues and Ideological Orientations
Dalton, R.J. 2020. Citizen Politics: Public Opinion and Political Parties in Advanced Industrial Democracies. 7th Edition. CQ Press. Ch. 6
Additional reading:
• Wojcik, A. D., Cislak, A., & Schmidt, P. (2021). ‘The left is right’: Left and right political orientation across Eastern and Western Europe. The Social Science Journal, 1-17.
• Kirkizh, N., Froio, C., & Stier, S. (2022). Issue trade‐offs and the politics of representation: Experimental evidence from four European democracies. European Journal of Political Research.
8. Elections and Political Parties
Dalton, R.J. 2020. Citizen Politics: Public Opinion and Political Parties in Advanced Industrial Democracies. 7th Edition. CQ Press. Ch. 7
Additional reading:
• Klüver, H., & Sagarzazu, I. (2016). Setting the agenda or responding to voters? Political parties, voters and issue attention. West European Politics, 39(2), 380-398.
• Rohrschneider, R., & Miles, M. R. (2015). Representation through parties? Environmental attitudes and party stances in Europe in 2013. Environmental Politics, 24(4), 617-640.
9. The Social Bases of Party Support
Dalton, R.J. 2020. Citizen Politics: Public Opinion and Political Parties in Advanced Industrial Democracies. 7th Edition. CQ Press. Ch. 8
Additional reading:
• Evans, G. (2006). The social bases of political divisions in post-communist Eastern Europe. Annu. Rev. Sociol., 32, 245-270.
• Ford, Robert and Jennings, William (2020) The changing cleavage politics of Western Europe. Annual Review of Political Science, 23, 295-314.
10. Partisanship
Dalton, R.J. 2020. Citizen Politics: Public Opinion and Political Parties in Advanced Industrial Democracies. 7th Edition. CQ Press. Ch. 9
Additional reading:
• Schickler, E., & Green, D. P. (1997). The stability of party identification in western democracies: results from eight panel surveys. Comparative Political Studies, 30(4), 450-483.
• Gidengil, E., Stolle, D., & Bergeron‐Boutin, O. (2022). The partisan nature of support for democratic backsliding: A comparative perspective. European Journal of Political Research, 61(4), 901-929.
• Conroy-Krutz, J., Moehler, D. C., & Aguilar, R. (2016). Partisan cues and vote choice in new multiparty systems. Comparative Political Studies, 49(1), 3-35.
11. Attitudes
Dalton, R.J. 2020. Citizen Politics: Public Opinion and Political Parties in Advanced Industrial Democracies. 7th Edition. CQ Press. Ch. 10
Additional reading:
• Hobolt, S., Tilley, J., & Banducci, S. (2013). Clarity of responsibility: How government cohesion conditions performance voting. European journal of political research, 52(2), 164-187.
• Seeberg, H. B. (2020). The impact of opposition criticism on the public’s evaluation of government competence. Party Politics, 26(4), 484-495.
12. Political Representation
Dalton, R.J. 2020. Citizen Politics: Public Opinion and Political Parties in Advanced Industrial Democracies. 7th Edition. CQ Press. Ch. 11
Additional reading:
• Saalfeld, T. & Bischof, D. (2013). Minority-ethnic MPs and the substantive representation of minority interests in the House of Commons, 2005– 2011. Parliamentary Affairs 66(2): 305-328.
• Franceschet, S. & Piscopo, J.M. (2008). Gender quotas and women's substantive representation: Lessons from Argentina. Politics & Gender 4(3): 393-425.
13. Citizens and the Democratic Process
Dalton, R.J. 2020. Citizen Politics: Public Opinion and Political Parties in Advanced Industrial Democracies. 7th Edition. CQ Press. Ch. 12
Additional reading:
• Ivanov, D. (2023). Economic insecurity, Institutional trust and populist voting across Europe. Comparative Economic Studies, 1-22.
• Letki, N. (2018). Trust in newly democratic regimes. The Oxford handbook of social and political trust, 15, 335-356.
Tryb prowadzenia
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Kryteria oceniania
Course assessment: performance during in-class assessment (30%) and final written exam (70%). The exam will consists of three short essays addressing topics presented during the exam.
Literatura
Key reading:
Dalton, R.J. 2020. Citizen Politics: Public Opinion and Political Parties in Advanced Industrial Democracies. 7th Edition. CQ Press.
Additional reading:
Dalton, R. J., & Klingemann, H. D. (Eds.). 2007. The Oxford handbook of political behavior. Oxford University Press
Further reading:
• Russell J. Dalton and Hans‐Dieter Klingemann. 2007. “Citizens and Political Behavior” in: The Oxford Handbook of Political Behavior.
• Dalton, R. J. (2000). Citizen Attitudes and Political Behavior. Comparative Political Studies, 33(6-7).
• De Vreese, C. H., & Boomgaarden, H. (2006). News, political knowledge and participation: The differential effects of news media exposure on political knowledge and participation. Acta politica, 41, 317-341.
• Fraile, M., & Gomez, R. (2017). Bridging the enduring gender gap in political interest in Europe: The relevance of promoting gender equality. European journal of political research, 56(3), 601-618.
• Brady, Henry E., Sidney Verba, and Kay Lehman Schlozman. (1995). “Beyond SES: A Resource Model of Political Participation.” American Political Science Review 89 (June): 271-94.
• Vissers, S., & Stolle, D. (2014). The Internet and new modes of political participation: online versus offline participation. Information, Communication & Society, 17(8), 937-955.
• Holzer, Boris (2006). "Political consumerism between individual choice and collective action: social movements, role mobilization and signalling." International Journal of Consumer Studies 30.5, 405-415.
• Gallego, A. (2007). Unequal political participation in Europe. International Journal of Sociology, 37(4), 10-25.
• R. Inglehart and P. Norris. (2000) “The Developmental Theory of the Gender Gap: Women’s and Men’s Voting Behavior in Global Perspective”, International Political Science Review 21 (4): 441-463.
• Sloam, J. (2014). New voice, less equal: The civic and political engagement of young people in the United States and Europe. Comparative Political Studies, 47(5), 663-688.
• Kasara, Kimuli, and Pavithra Suryanarayan. 2015. “When Do the Rich Vote Less Than the Poor and Why? Explaining Turnout Inequality across the World.” American Journal of Political Science 59 (3): 613-27.
• Akaliyski, P. (2019). United in diversity? The convergence of cultural values among EU member states and candidates. European Journal of Political Research, 58(2), 388-411.
• Minkov, M., Welzel, C., & Schachner, M. (2020). Cultural evolution shifts the source of happiness from religion to subjective freedom. Journal of Happiness Studies, 21, 2873-2888.
• Ronald Inglehart, “Postmaterialist Values and the Shift from Survival to Self‐Expression Values”, in: The Oxford Handbook of Political Behavior.
• Wojcik, A. D., Cislak, A., & Schmidt, P. (2021). ‘The left is right’: Left and right political orientation across Eastern and Western Europe. The Social Science Journal, 1-17.
• Kirkizh, N., Froio, C., & Stier, S. (2022). Issue trade‐offs and the politics of representation: Experimental evidence from four European democracies. European Journal of Political Research.
• Klüver, H., & Sagarzazu, I. (2016). Setting the agenda or responding to voters? Political parties, voters and issue attention. West European Politics, 39(2), 380-398.
• Rohrschneider, R., & Miles, M. R. (2015). Representation through parties? Environmental attitudes and party stances in Europe in 2013. Environmental Politics, 24(4), 617-640.
• Evans, G. (2006). The social bases of political divisions in post-communist Eastern Europe. Annu. Rev. Sociol., 32, 245-270.
• Ford, Robert and Jennings, William (2020) The changing cleavage politics of Western Europe. Annual Review of Political Science, 23, 295-314.
• Schickler, E., & Green, D. P. (1997). The stability of party identification in western democracies: results from eight panel surveys. Comparative Political Studies, 30(4), 450-483.
• Gidengil, E., Stolle, D., & Bergeron‐Boutin, O. (2022). The partisan nature of support for democratic backsliding: A comparative perspective. European Journal of Political Research, 61(4), 901-929.
• Conroy-Krutz, J., Moehler, D. C., & Aguilar, R. (2016). Partisan cues and vote choice in new multiparty systems. Comparative Political Studies, 49(1), 3-35.
• Hobolt, S., Tilley, J., & Banducci, S. (2013). Clarity of responsibility: How government cohesion conditions performance voting. European journal of political research, 52(2), 164-187.
• Seeberg, H. B. (2020). The impact of opposition criticism on the public’s evaluation of government competence. Party Politics, 26(4), 484-495.
• Saalfeld, T. & Bischof, D. (2013). Minority-ethnic MPs and the substantive representation of minority interests in the House of Commons, 2005– 2011. Parliamentary Affairs 66(2): 305-328.
• Franceschet, S. & Piscopo, J.M. (2008). Gender quotas and women's substantive representation: Lessons from Argentina. Politics & Gender 4(3): 393-425.
• Ivanov, D. (2023). Economic insecurity, Institutional trust and populist voting across Europe. Comparative Economic Studies, 1-22.
• Letki, N. (2018). Trust in newly democratic regimes. The Oxford handbook of social and political trust, 15, 335-356.
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