Books by Angus Campbell et al.
“This was the beginning of modern political science – of empirically oriented, big data, statistically tested work. The book was published in 1960 but it drew on surveys taken during each of the three previous US presidential elections – a smaller number in 1948 and 1952, and a much larger number in 1956…The headline finding of the book is that the strongest correlate of a person’s vote is that person’s party identification, and the strongest correlate of a person’s party identification is their parents’ party identification. These authors were all psychologically oriented, and they see this as early childhood imprinting. They took identification really seriously: they saw it as an identity thing, where you say ‘I am a Republican’ in the same way as ‘I am an American’, ‘I am gay’, ‘I am Catholic'” Read more...
The Best Political Science Books
Robert E. Goodin, Political Scientist
Interviews where books by Angus Campbell et al. were recommended
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The American Voter
by Angus Campbell et al. -
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The Logic of Collective Action: Public Goods and the Theory of Groups
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Essence of Decision: Explaining the Cuban Missile Crisis
by Graham Allison & Philip Zelikow -
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Seeing like a State: How Certain Schemes to Improve the Human Condition Have Failed
by James C Scott -
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Deliberation Naturalized: Improving Real Existing Deliberative Democracy
by Ana Tanasoca
The Best Political Science Books, recommended by Robert E. Goodin
The Best Political Science Books, recommended by Robert E. Goodin
Emerging in the middle of the last century, political science combines data and theory to help us understand the political world. Professor Robert E. Goodin, editor of The Oxford Handbook of Political Science and co-editor of The British Journal of Political Science, introduces five seminal works from major sub-disciplines. His choices are accessible starting points that open up new ways of thinking: from big data to deep case studies, these are five books that will help you to make sense of the world – and to change it.
