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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Kyung Joon HanPublisher: The University of Michigan Press Imprint: The University of Michigan Press Weight: 0.151kg ISBN: 9780472075539ISBN 10: 0472075535 Pages: 232 Publication Date: 30 September 2022 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock  We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsList of Tables List of Figures List of Abbreviations 1. Introduction 2. A Theory of Position Blurring 3. Measuring Position Blurring 4. Position Blurring and Voter Behavior 5. Issue Disadvantage, Party Competition Environment, and Issue Avoidance 6. Radical Right-Wing Parties’ Position Blurring on the Economy 7. Social Democratic Parties’ Position Blurring on Immigration 8. Concluding Remarks Appendix ReferencesReviewsFor a long time, political scientists ignored the fact that parties often strategically take ambiguous positions. Based on cross-national analysis and case studies of radical-right and social democratic parties, this book provides a much-needed, encompassing reassessment of the way parties can use position blurring to increase their appeal among voters. --Markus Wagner, University of Vienna--Markus Wagner """For a long time, political scientists ignored the fact that parties often strategically take ambiguous positions. Based on cross-national analysis and case studies of radical-right and social democratic parties, this book provides a much-needed, encompassing reassessment of the way parties can use position blurring to increase their appeal among voters."" --Markus Wagner, University of Vienna--Markus Wagner" This is a great book for all political scientists eager to better understand how parties strategically act to ensure their vote share. Politicians and party elites could learn from the evidence here to think about their own choices. - Sean McGraw, Boston College Rationality of Irrationality is a highly promising book on position blurring as a partisan strategy and how voters respond to this strategy. Han expands on this recent wave of literature on position blurring with original ideas and inspiring analyses. A must-read for anyone interested in party strategies and their electoral effects. - Christoffer Green-Pedersen, Aarhus University Author InformationKyung Joon Han is Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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