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Papers by Anthony Mughan
The State and its Challenges, 2012
Conservative Politics in Western Europe, 1982
The mass political economy literature concentrates on egocentric and sociotropic evaluations of s... more The mass political economy literature concentrates on egocentric and sociotropic evaluations of short-term economic performance. Scant attention is paid to other economic concerns people may h a ve. In a neo-liberal economic climate characterized by a downsized labor market and the retrenchment of government welfare entitlements, one such widely-publicized concern is job insecurity. This article shows that job insecurity i s a n o vel form of discontent that is independent of the retrospective evaluations of short-term performance that are the stu of the mainstream mass political economy literature. At the same time, the political e ects of job insecurity are distinctive. In a multinomial probit model of electoral choice in the 1996 U.S. presidential election, job insecurity is associated with support for the third-party candidate, Ross Perot, but, contrary to conventional wisdom, has no implications for turnout. Traditional retrospective e v aluations of economic performance explain the major-party v ote and abstention.
The State and its Challenges, 2012
The State and its Challenges, 2012
The State and its Challenges, 2012
The State and its Challenges, 2012
The State and its Challenges, 2012
Contemporary Record, 1990
Handbooks of Sociology and Social Research, 2010
This chapter summarizes the current state of our knowledge about the relationship between the mas... more This chapter summarizes the current state of our knowledge about the relationship between the mass media of communication and politics in representative democracies. It is an important topic for two reasons. One, the mass communications media are the connective tissue of democracy, in that they are the principal means by which elected representatives and citizens reach out to each other
Public Opinion Quarterly, 2003
We thank Jeff Frieden for his helpful comments and Natalie Kistner and Dinna Wisnu for efficient ... more We thank Jeff Frieden for his helpful comments and Natalie Kistner and Dinna Wisnu for efficient 1 research assistance.
Public Opinion Quarterly, 1999
... 344-72). 2. Rosalyn Carter and Eleanor Roosevelt were the only other first ladies to testify ... more ... 344-72). 2. Rosalyn Carter and Eleanor Roosevelt were the only other first ladies to testify before Congress. Page 3. Public Opinion and Hillary Clinton 239 ... We interpret this as a sort of first lady "honey-moon" effect, akin to the favorable treatment hat new presidents receive. ...
Political Psychology, 2006
We argue that cultural threat, stressed in recent studies of anti-immigrant sentiment, is properl... more We argue that cultural threat, stressed in recent studies of anti-immigrant sentiment, is properly measured in the U.S. case as "assimilationist threat:" a resentful perception that immigrants are failing to adopt the cultural norms and lifestyle of their new homeland. We explore the meaning and form of assimilationist threat in the minds of Americans through an analysis of four focus groups, two in Los Angeles, CA, and two in Columbus, OH. Using information from the focus groups, we develop and test a set of survey questions covering three dimensions of assimilationist threat: language, productivity, and citizenship. We produce a summary scale of assimilationist threat that can be used by other researchers seeking to understand the causes and consequences of antiimmigrant sentiment.
Party Politics, 2007
One of the ways in which support for right-wing populist parties is held to be distinctive from t... more One of the ways in which support for right-wing populist parties is held to be distinctive from that for other kinds of political parties is that their leaders are alleged to be 'charismatic' figures who play a crucial role in the electoral success their parties have enjoyed. Focusing on three Dutch elections, this article tests the charismatic leadership hypothesis, asking whether leader effects are stronger for populist than for established parties and whether they are stronger for populist leaders who are widely held to be more rather than less charismatic. The results indicate that if, following Weber, charisma is seen as an intimate and direct bond between leaders and followers, there is in fact little support for the charismatic leadership hypothesis, at least in the context of leaders shaping electoral outcomes. While recognizing that charisma may manifest itself in other, perhaps indirect, ways, there would seem to us at the very least to be a need for the notion of charisma to be conceptualized more rigorously if it is to continue to be used as an explanation of right-wing populist party success.
International Affairs (Royal Institute of International Affairs 1944-), 1984
The State and its Challenges, 2012
Conservative Politics in Western Europe, 1982
The mass political economy literature concentrates on egocentric and sociotropic evaluations of s... more The mass political economy literature concentrates on egocentric and sociotropic evaluations of short-term economic performance. Scant attention is paid to other economic concerns people may h a ve. In a neo-liberal economic climate characterized by a downsized labor market and the retrenchment of government welfare entitlements, one such widely-publicized concern is job insecurity. This article shows that job insecurity i s a n o vel form of discontent that is independent of the retrospective evaluations of short-term performance that are the stu of the mainstream mass political economy literature. At the same time, the political e ects of job insecurity are distinctive. In a multinomial probit model of electoral choice in the 1996 U.S. presidential election, job insecurity is associated with support for the third-party candidate, Ross Perot, but, contrary to conventional wisdom, has no implications for turnout. Traditional retrospective e v aluations of economic performance explain the major-party v ote and abstention.
The State and its Challenges, 2012
The State and its Challenges, 2012
The State and its Challenges, 2012
The State and its Challenges, 2012
The State and its Challenges, 2012
Contemporary Record, 1990
Handbooks of Sociology and Social Research, 2010
This chapter summarizes the current state of our knowledge about the relationship between the mas... more This chapter summarizes the current state of our knowledge about the relationship between the mass media of communication and politics in representative democracies. It is an important topic for two reasons. One, the mass communications media are the connective tissue of democracy, in that they are the principal means by which elected representatives and citizens reach out to each other
Public Opinion Quarterly, 2003
We thank Jeff Frieden for his helpful comments and Natalie Kistner and Dinna Wisnu for efficient ... more We thank Jeff Frieden for his helpful comments and Natalie Kistner and Dinna Wisnu for efficient 1 research assistance.
Public Opinion Quarterly, 1999
... 344-72). 2. Rosalyn Carter and Eleanor Roosevelt were the only other first ladies to testify ... more ... 344-72). 2. Rosalyn Carter and Eleanor Roosevelt were the only other first ladies to testify before Congress. Page 3. Public Opinion and Hillary Clinton 239 ... We interpret this as a sort of first lady "honey-moon" effect, akin to the favorable treatment hat new presidents receive. ...
Political Psychology, 2006
We argue that cultural threat, stressed in recent studies of anti-immigrant sentiment, is properl... more We argue that cultural threat, stressed in recent studies of anti-immigrant sentiment, is properly measured in the U.S. case as "assimilationist threat:" a resentful perception that immigrants are failing to adopt the cultural norms and lifestyle of their new homeland. We explore the meaning and form of assimilationist threat in the minds of Americans through an analysis of four focus groups, two in Los Angeles, CA, and two in Columbus, OH. Using information from the focus groups, we develop and test a set of survey questions covering three dimensions of assimilationist threat: language, productivity, and citizenship. We produce a summary scale of assimilationist threat that can be used by other researchers seeking to understand the causes and consequences of antiimmigrant sentiment.
Party Politics, 2007
One of the ways in which support for right-wing populist parties is held to be distinctive from t... more One of the ways in which support for right-wing populist parties is held to be distinctive from that for other kinds of political parties is that their leaders are alleged to be 'charismatic' figures who play a crucial role in the electoral success their parties have enjoyed. Focusing on three Dutch elections, this article tests the charismatic leadership hypothesis, asking whether leader effects are stronger for populist than for established parties and whether they are stronger for populist leaders who are widely held to be more rather than less charismatic. The results indicate that if, following Weber, charisma is seen as an intimate and direct bond between leaders and followers, there is in fact little support for the charismatic leadership hypothesis, at least in the context of leaders shaping electoral outcomes. While recognizing that charisma may manifest itself in other, perhaps indirect, ways, there would seem to us at the very least to be a need for the notion of charisma to be conceptualized more rigorously if it is to continue to be used as an explanation of right-wing populist party success.
International Affairs (Royal Institute of International Affairs 1944-), 1984