| Description |
1 online resource (x, 222 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Front Matter -- Contents -- List of Figures and Tables -- Note on the Author -- Acknowledgements -- Why Do We Hate Politicians? -- Psychological Scrutiny: Who Enters Politics and Why? -- All the Same! Demographic Homogeneity and Careerism -- Basic Values and Partisanship -- Parliamentary Behaviour: Personal Choices, Political Results -- Perfect Politicians? Voting Preferences in the United Kingdom -- Notes -- Twenty Item Portrait Values Questionnaire (TwIVI) -- Confirmatory factor analysis of survey data on the basic values of politicians (UK Members of Parliament, N = 168) -- External correlations across samples -- Conjoint experiment of candidate preferences by partisanship -- References -- Index |
| Summary |
Exploring unique survey and interview data on the personality characteristics of British politicians, this book provides a timely psychological analysis of those individuals who pursue political careers and how they represent their constituents once elected. Focusing specifically on the Basic Human Values of more than 150 MPs as well as hundreds of local councillors, Weinberg offers original insights into three compelling questions: Who enters politics and how are they different to the general public? Do politicians' personality characteristics matter for their legislative behaviour? Do voters really get the 'wrong' politicians? Taking a fresh psychological approach to issues that are predominant in political science, this book casts new light on the human side of representative democracy |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Politicians -- Great Britain -- Psychology
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POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political ideologies / Democracy.
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Politicians -- Psychology
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Politics and government
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Hommes politiques -- Grande-Bretagne -- 21e siecle.
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| SUBJECT |
Great Britain -- Politics and government. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056868
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| Subject |
Great Britain
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781529209174 |
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152920917X |
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