Beyond rationality
behavioral political science in the 21st century
- ISBN: 9781009014854
- Editorial: Cambridge University Press
- Fecha de la edición: 2022
- Lugar de la edición: Cambridge. Reino Unido
- Encuadernación: Rústica
- Medidas: 24 cm
- Nº Pág.: 294
- Idiomas: Inglés
How and why do people make political decisions? This book is the first to present a unified framework of the Behavioral Political Science paradigm. - BPS presents a range of psychological approaches to understanding political decision-making. The integration of these approaches with Rational Choice Theory provides students with a comprehensible paradigm for understanding current political events around the world. Presented in nontechnical language and enlivened with a wealth of real-world examples, this is an ideal core text for a one-semester courses in political science, American government, political psychology, or political behavior. It can also supplement a course in international relations or public policy.
1. Living in interesting times: How can behavioral political science help us understand the current political moment?
2. The rational actor model of political decision making
3. The limits of human processing: Bounded rationality, heuristics and biases
4. What you say may matter less than how you say it: The role of framing in political communication effects
5. The limitations of the unitary actor model of government
6. Feeling politics: How emotions impact attitudes and behavior
7. The origins of political preferences: Material self-interest or personality, moral values and group attitudes?
8. Better to be right or to belong? Motivated reasoning in politics
9. Looking forward: How behavioral political science can help policymakers.
