Using decades of public opinion data from the US, UK, Australia, Germany and Canada, and distinguishing between three concepts - issue ownership, performance and generalised competence - Green and Jennings show how political parties come to gain or lose 'ownership' of issues, ho…
Using decades of public opinion data from the US, UK, Australia, Germany and Canada, and distinguishing between three concepts - issue ownership, performance and generalised competence - Green and Jennings show how political parties come to gain or lose 'ownership' of issues, ho…
"Cover "--"Half-title page"--"Title page" -- "Copyright page" -- "Dedication" -- "Contents" -- "List of Tables" -- "List of Figures" -- "Acknowledgements" -- "1 Introduction" -- "2 Conceptual Problems and Solutions" -- "3 Three Concepts of Issue Competence" -- "4 Explaining Issu…
Conceptual problems and solutions -- Concepts of issue competence -- Explaining issue ownership change -- Government performance and oppositions -- Generalised competence and the costs of governing -- Ownership, performance, generalised competence and the vote