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Special Graduate Topic in Political Science: Political Behavior >> Content Detail



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Study Materials

This section features a cribsheet on the different theories covered in this course.


THEORIESWHENSUDDEN/GRADUALISSUES
Classic realignment theory1932SuddenVaries: war, depression, populists
Issue evolution1964GradualRace
Carmines, McIver, Stimson - Unrealized Independents1960sGradual - 1960s - 3 factors changeSocial welfare, economy, race, Vietnam War
Meffert et al. - Macropartisanship1980Gradual - permanent (shock, aftershocks)
Abramowitz and Saunders1980-1994Gradual since 1980 - 1994 as culminationNot race; whole set of issues
JacobsonMass party alignment: Two-way causality
Layman and CarseyMultidimensional; not issue displacementRace later, not just during 1960s

 








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