Research Handbook on Political Partisanship

'The Research Handbook on Political Partisanship brings new life into one of the oldest concepts of electoral research. Presenting a broad spectrum of theoretical perspectives and empirical analyses, the book is much more useful for present and future research than the literature reviews seen in many other handbooks. An updated understanding of the role of political identification today requires the in-depth discussions of its ''two faces'', given in this Handbook. Party identification can be a ''helper'' and guide in a complex political landscape, but it can also be a ''blinder'', barring competing views and preferences. The book argues not only for the need of parties to maintain emotional ties to their voters, but also for the need to keep party identification as an important tool for future students and scholars of political behaviour.' --Bernt Aardal, University of Oslo, Norway'Party identification is a critical and contested concept and this volume - teeming with thoughtful perspective and original evidence from subject experts - is a must-read for anyone seeking to understand its origins, nature, and consequences.' --Elizabeth Zechmeister, Vanderbilt University, US

Edited by Henrik Oscarsson, Professor, Department of Political Science, and Research Director of the Swedish National Election Studies (SNES), University of Gothenburg and Sren Holmberg, Senior Professor, Department of Political Science, and former Research Director, SNES, University of Gothenburg, Sweden

Contents: 1 Introduction to the Research Handbook on Political Partisanship 1 Henrik Oscarsson and Sren Holmberg 2 Party identification: down but not out 14 Sren Holmberg and Henrik Oscarsson PART I POLITICAL PARTISANSHIP AND DEMOCRACY 3 Party government and democracy 31 Jacques Thomassen 4 Partisanship: conceptualizations and consequences 47 Lisa Madeleine Carius-Munz 5 Media and political partisanship 60 Adam Shehata and Jesper Strmbck 6 The blinders of partisanship 74 Russell J. Dalton 7 The origins and effect of negative partisanship 89 Alexa Bankert PART II MEASURING POLITICAL PARTISANSHIP 8 Measuring the direction and strength of partisan identity 103 Leonie Huddy, Caitlin Davies and Joseph Sandor 9 Measuring party attachments with survey questionnaires 123 Martin Rosema and Sabrina J. Mayer 10 Measuring elitemass linkages through the Internet 141 Florence Ecormier-Nocca and Nicolas Sauger 11 Partisan ambivalence in multi-party systems 154 Marco R. Steenbergen PART III ORIGINS AND DETERMINANTS OF POLITICAL PARTISANSHIP 12 Party identification and its evolution over time 167 Eva H. nnudttir and lafur . Hararson 13 The formative period of party identification 177 Martin Kroh 14 The populist right-wing partisan 190 Anders Widfeldt 15 The role of political parties in partisanship 202 Carlos Shenga 16 Partisanship in the digital age 211 Rachel K. Gibson and Stephen Ward 17 Party identification: resilience under strain 225 Elisabeth Gidengil and Neil Nevitte 18 Partisanship and ideology in Japan 236 Masahiro Yamada PART IV POLITICAL EFFECTS OF PARTISANSHIP 19 Does a partisan public increase democratic stability? 256 John H. Aldrich, Austin Bussing, Arvind Krishnamurthy, Nicolas Madan, Katelyn Mehling Ice, Kristen M. Renberg and Hannah M. Ridge 20 Partisanship and political participation 266 Ian McAllister 21 Attitudinal consequences of partisanship for new parties 281 Eva Anduiza and Roberto Pannico 22 Partisan bias in economic perceptions 294 Lie Philip Santoso 23 Partisanship in the process of party choice 308 Mark N. Franklin and Georg Lutz 24 Partisanship, policy-making and democracy 328 Spyros Kosmidis 25 Beyond party identification 335 Eric Guntermann 26 Partisanship and citizen deliberation 349 Kimmo Grnlund 27 Partisanship and political trust 358 Marc Hooghe 28 The consequences of partisanship in Africa 368 Robert Mattes and Matthias Krnke Index 381