Quantitative Methods in Politics

Table of contents

• Title Page v
• PREFACE vii
• CONTENTS xi
• List of Tables xv
• List of Figures xxi
• PART ONE - INTRODUCTION 1
• I - THE AIM AND SCOPE OF THIS VOLUME 3
• PART TWO - CONCEPTUAL BACKGROUND 11
• II - THE SEPARATION OF ENDS FROM MEANS 13
• III - A STATISTICAL VIEW OF A PERCEPTUAL WORLD 20
• IV - CASE METHOD AND STATISTICAL METHOD IN HISTORY AND SCIENCE 35
• PART THREE - THE CONTENT AND STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTION OF ATTITUDE 49
• V - "STEREOTYPES" IN THE CONTENT OF POLITICAL ATTITUDE 51
• VI - THE DISTRIBUTION OF INDIVIDUAL POLITICAL ATTITUDES 71
• VII - OBJECTIVE INDEXES OF SUBJECTIVE VARIABLES: WITH AN ILLUSTRATION 92
• VIII - THE SOCIAL DENSITY OF ATTITUDE AND ITS DISTRIBUTION 98
• IX - ATTITUDE DIFFERENCES: AN APPARENT CONTRADICTION ANALYZED 116
• PART FOUR - SPACIAL VARIATIONS OF POLITICAL ATTITUDE 123
• X - REGIONALISM AND DIFFUSION OF POLITICAL ATTITUDES 125
• XI - STABILITY OF REGIONAL DIFFERENCES IN POLITICAL ATTITUDE 156
• XII - URBAN, VILLAGE, AND OPEN-COUNTRY DIFFERENCES IN POLITICAL ATTITUDE, WITH SOME CONSIDERATION OF ECONOMIC CLEAVAGES 166
• XIII - SEX, RELIGION, NATIONALITY, RACE, AND OTHER FAC­ TORS OF POLITICAL DIVISION 176
• PART FIVE - THE VOTING BEHAVIOR OF REPRESENTATIVE GROUPS 187
• XIV - THE "REPRESENTATIVENESS" OF ELECTED REPRESENTA­ TIVES 189
• XV - MEASUREMENT OF GROUP "COHESION" AND "LIKENESS" 207
• XVI - THE IDENTIFICATION OF BLOCS IN SMALL POLITICAL BODIES 228
• PART SIX - TIME VARIATIONS IN POLITICAL ATTITUDE 239
• XVII - GROWTH AND DECLINE OF POLITICAL ATTENTION 241
• XVIII - CRANGES OF ATTITUDE ATTRIBUTABLE TO DEFINED STIMULI 251
• XIX - ATTITUDE RESULTANTS OF UNDEFINED AND CON­ FLICTING STIMULI 270
• XX - TIME SERIES: PARTY TURNOVER IN NEW JERSEY, 1877- 1924 280
• XXI - TIME SERIES: AGE AND SERVICE OF CONGRESSMEN, 1790-1924. 294
• XXII - SOCIAL CONTACT AND THE AMPLITUDE OF ELECTORIAL SWING 303
• A POSTSCRIPT 317
• INDEX 321

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