Suchergebnisse

Political attitudes as well as judgement on parties and politicians in
the Federal Republic.

Topics: most important problems of the Federal Republic; judgement on
one´s own and the general economic situation; issue relevance;
issue-ability of the parties; attitude to selected political topics
such as e.g. nuclear energy, the death penalty for terrorists,
directing the economy, abortion and restriction of civil rights;
postmaterialism index; knowledge about the time of the next Federal
Parliament election; importance of result of Federal Parliament
election for oneself; party preference (ballot procedure); preference
for federal chancellor; not desired federal chancellor; behavior at the
polls with other candidates for chancellor than Schmidt and Strauss;
trust in the leadership role of the USA; fear of war (scale); preferred
chancellor given a hypothetical international crisis situation;
attitude to founding of the Greens; attitude to voting for the Greens
in a Federal Parliament election; assumed taking seats in Parliament by
the Greens as well as a tax party; self-classification on a left-right
continuum; sympathy scale for the political parties and leading
politicians in the Federal Republic; judgement on social-liberal
coalition and opposition in Bonn; party inclination; party
identification; satisfaction with democracy in the Federal Republic;
attitude to a grand coalition; self-assessment of social class; trust
in the action of the Federal Government; Federal Government in the
service of the public interest or special interest groups; the right to
political opposition and personal understanding of democracy (scale);
judgement on the relationship between taxpayer and tax office;
judgement on tax equity and honesty in paying taxes; trust in the the
judiciary; assumed equality of all citizens before the law; personal
court experiences and judgement on the court decision; association with
policemen and prestige of the police; attitude to authorities and
conduct in contact with authorities (scale); judgement on the
possibilities of political participation; complexity of political
events; assessment of the relation between voter and politician or the
parties; personal political interest and activities; importance of
participation in politics; attitude to selected protest measures and
judgement on the effectiveness of such measures; personal participation
and intent to participate in protest measures; assumed winner of the
next Federal Parliament election; frequency of conversations about
politics and the Federal Parliament election.

Demography: ZUMA standard demography: age; sex; marital status;
religious denomination; frequency of church attendance; school
education; vocational training; occupational position; employment; area
of business of company; company size; household income; sources of
income; composition of household; residential status; interest in
politics; behavior at the polls in the last Federal Parliament
election; regional origins; memberships.

Interviewer rating: type of city; degree of urbanization; presence of
others during the interview; interventions by other persons in the
interview; willingness to cooperate and reliability of respondent; time
of interview.

Also encoded was: availablilty of respondent on various weekdays;
interviewer identity; length of interview; day of interview.

This article is an extended review essay that classifies the main literatures on American politics, somewhat unconventionally, in terms of four distinct narrative modes: comedy, romance, tragedy, and irony. The four modes are differentiated by their internal construction and external social message. The central assertion is that there are standardized trajectories inherent to many of the empirical analyses we advance, which can be used to understand ongoing debates in the field. Perceiving inherent harmony or discord, emphasizing the exalted or the mundane, projecting achievement or frustration, the various narratives of American politics present contrasting interpretations regarding regime tensions and prospects. The more that political scientists become conscious of the forms and limits of the models employed, the more sophisticated we can be at developing and debating them.

The essays in this book compare and analyze political processes in eight states within the Indian Union. A long introductory chapter by Myron Weiner sets the stage for individual studies of each state by separate scholars, namely: Myron Weiner (MIT) on Political Development in the Indian States; Paul H. Brass (University of Washington) on Uttar Pradesh; Wayne Wilcox (Columbia University) on Madhya Pradesh; Ram Joshi (S.I.E.S. College, Bombay) on Maharashtra; Balraj Puri (Editor, Kashmir Affairs) on Jammu and Kashmir Marcus F. Franda (Colgate University) on West Bengal; Lawrence L. Shrader (Mills College) on Rajasthan; Hugh Gray (University of London) on Andhra Pradesh; and Baldev Raj Nayar (McGill University) on Punjab. Originally published in 1968. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Darwinism and politics.--Natural selection and the spiritual world.--Natural selection and the history of institutions. ; Mode of access: Internet.

This essay is a critique of Paul Peterson's treatment of developmental politics in City Limits. In contrast with Peterson's view of the city as a utility-maximizing entity with a unitary interest in development around which consensus can be built and public action organized, we argue that conflict and the pursuit of particular interests are characteristic of the developmental arena in city politics. The consequences of development projects are often uncertain, and, as policy moves from general concept to operational reality, coalition building and conflict management become essential. Policy reflects these processes. With regard to the specifics of Peterson's argument, once a distinction is made between the politics of announcement and the politics of execution, Peterson's characterization of New Haven's Mayor Richard Lee as "able servant" of the city's unitary interest in development appears questionable. Similarly, on close examination, Peterson's depiction of Oakland's council-manager government as "inefficient slave" of that city's business-backed redevelopment program can also be challenged. The New Haven/Oakland comparison suggests that developmental policies are influenced by the political character of a community's governing coalition.