Exploring the extent and nature of attitudinal ambivalence on public policy issue, these essays by distinguished scholars of public opinion examine citizens' conflicting attitudes about abortion, gay rights, environmental protection and property rights, crime and the police and church-state relations. Linking ambivalence with a complex structure of belief, the contributors link the effects of ambivalence on information processing, the formation of policy preferences, and the impact of those policy preferences on voters' decisons. Using multiple approaches to measurement and research design, this volume helps build a sturdy foundation of knowledge about the phonomenon of ambivalence and its effects on politics. The concluding chapter provides an overview of our progress in understanding the effects of ambivalence on public opinion.

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Information

Publisher

Palgrave Macmillan

Year

2016

ISBN

9781137077820

Topic

Politics & International Relations

Subtopic

Politics

Index

Politics & International Relations

Cover
Half-Title
Title
Copyright
Dedication
Contents
List of Tables
About the Contributors
Preface
1. Group Ambivalence and Electoral Decision-Making Howard Lavine and Marco Steenbergen
2. Ambivalence and Attitude Change in Vote Choice: Do Campaign Switchers Experience Internal Conflict?
3. What Happens When We Simultaneously Want Opposite Things? Ambivalence about Social Welfare
4. Ambivalence and Value Conflict: A Test ofTwo Issues
5. Education, Ideology, and Racial Ambivalence: Conflict Amplification or Conflict Resolution?
6. Managing Voter Ambivalence in Growth and Conservation Campaigns
7. Ambivalence and Attitudes toward Church-State Relations
8. Attitudinal Ambivalence and Political Opinion: Review and Avenues for Further Research
References
Index