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Author Green, Jane, 1974- author.

Title The politics of competence : parties, public opinion and voters / Jane Green, University of Manchester, Will Jennings, University of Southampton
Published Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2017

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Description 1 online resource (xvii, 309 pages) : illustrations
Contents Conceptual problems and solutions -- Concepts of issue competence -- Explaining issue ownership change -- Government performance and oppositions -- Generalised competence and the costs of governing -- Ownership, performance, generalised competence and the vote
Summary Using decades of public opinion data from the US, UK, Australia, Germany and Canada, and distinguishing between three concepts - issue ownership, performance and generalised competence - Green and Jennings show how political parties come to gain or lose 'ownership' of issues, how they are judged on their performance in government across policy issues and how they develop a reputation for competence (or incompetence) over a period in office. Their analysis tracks the major events causing people to re-evaluate party reputations and the costs of governing which cause electorates to punish parties in power. They reveal why, when and how these movements in public opinion matter to elections. The implications are important for long-standing debates about performance and partisanship, and reveal that public opinion about party and governing competence is, to a great extent, the product of major shocks and predictable dynamics
Notes Title from PDF title page (viewed 1/31/18)
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Political parties -- Public opinion
Party affiliation.
Government accountability.
Public opinion -- Political aspects
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Process -- Elections.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Process -- General.
Government accountability
Party affiliation
Political parties -- Public opinion
Public opinion -- Political aspects
Form Electronic book
Author Jennings, William J. (William John), 1977- author.
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