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No Substitute for Competence
On the Origins and Consequences of Issue Ownership
By: Simon Lanz
Paperback | 15 September 2021
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about the citizen. It claims that voters are more likely to support a party if they think it is competent to handle issues they care about.
This book provides unique insights into the undertheorized and understudied links between
party competence and the vote. It argues that issue ownership voting (or competence-based voting) consists of three assumptions: First, voters are primarily interested in having
issues handled by a competent party. Unlike in other issue voting models this implies
that voters are reluctant (or unable) to deal with the specificities of the exact solution
to a political problem. Though positional considerations feed into evaluations of party
competence, other factors are important, too. This is reflected by the second assumption,
following which issue handling competence is a subjective preference with various sources.
Third, competence is more decisive in the decision-making process if the voter cares deeply
about the issue. These three assumptions yield the key formula of issue ownership voting:
Voters support the most competent party on the most important issue.
Industry Reviews
This book represents a major contribution to the analysis of how citizens perceive parties' issue competence, and how these perceptions influence their voting choices. It is theoretically and empirically ambitious, and it demonstrates convincingly that issue competence should be seen as a central factor in the study of electoral competition.
-- Romain Lachat, Assistant Professor of Political Science, Sciences Po, FranceIssue ownership has become an important focus in studies of voting behavior. Its origins and effects, however, are likely to vary across electoral contexts. Simon Lanz shows in his broadly comparative study how parties come to "own'' issues, how this issue ownership affects their vote choices and how these effects depend on the electoral context. Using novel approaches enables Lanz to make a path-breaking contribution to the study of issue ownership. -- Simon Hug, Professor of Political Science and International Relations, Universite de Geneve, Switzerland
ISBN: 9781538156889
ISBN-10: 1538156881
Published: 15th September 2021
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Number of Pages: 156
Audience: Professional and Scholarly
Publisher: E C PROD INC
Country of Publication: US
Dimensions (cm): 22.86 x 15.24 x 0.91
Weight (kg): 0.24
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