British Journal of Political Science articles from July 2002

British Journal of Political Science archives from July 2002

Ethnic minorities and the clash of civilizations: a quantitative analysis of Huntington's thesis.
July 1, 2002... Ever since Huntington proposed his 'clash of civilizations' thesis there has been a vigorous debate over its validity. (1) This debate has only intensified since Huntington elaborated on this thesis in his book The Clash of Civilizations and...

The outsider as political leader: the case of Margaret Thatcher.
July 1, 2002... The figure of the outsider is, of course, one of the staple figures of modern literature. One thinks at once of Faust in Goethe's two dramatic poems, of Raskolnikov in Dostoyevsky's Crime and Pun Punishment, of Michael Henchard in Hardy's The...

Considered opinions: deliberative polling in Britain.
July 1, 2002... On Friday 15 April 1994 in Manchester, England, a national probability sample of 301 British subjects met for the world's first Deliberative Poll. (1) The topic was crime, and for the next two days the participants considered and discussed a...

Party, ideology, institutions and the 1995 French presidential election.
July 1, 2002... Voters arrive at the polling booth with sentiments, preconceptions and preferences that they have held over time. These beliefs and attitudes distil into what V. O. Key called a 'standing decision', a predisposition to vote for certain...

Economic performance, job insecurity and electoral choice.(1996 presidential election)
July 1, 2002... It is a truism of democratic politics that the economy matters for voters at election time. This basic fact of political life is nowhere better highlighted than in Bill Clinton's now-reknowned formula for presidential election success: 'It's...

Review article: William H. Riker and the invention of heresthetic(s).(rational choice)
July 1, 2002... AN INTELLECTUAL ODYSSEY [L]egislative strategy, which most writers have treated as a mystical art... , may on examination by this [social choice] theory turn out to be a science with quite coherent rules. (1) At the most general...