Political Sophistication and Vote Intention Switching

This article investigates the link between political sophistication and electoral volatility. Showing that there is disagreement in the literature on whether switching party preferences is related to low or high levels of political sophistication, it is then argued that the effect of sophistication on vote switching might differ depending on when switching is measured. The effect of timing on volatility is investigated by means of the Short-term panel of the 2009 German Longitudinal Election Study. Results indicate that timing indeed matters, while sophistication increases the probability of switching parties before the campaign, the effect of political sophistication becomes more negative as Election Day draws near.

The Relation Between Civic Education and Political Attitudes and Behavior

It is generally assumed that civic education efforts will have a positive effect on the political attitudes and behaviors of adolescents and young adults. There is less agreement, however, on the most effective forms of civic education. In the present study, we distinguish between formal civic education, an open classroom climate and active learning strategies, and we explore their effect on political interest, efficacy, trust and participation. To analyze these effects, we rely on the results of a two-year panel study among late adolescents in Belgium. The results indicate that formal civic education (classroom instruction) and active learning strategies (school council membership and, to a lesser extent, group projects) are effective in shaping political attitudes and behavior. An open classroom climate, on the other hand, has an effect on political trust. We conclude that there is no reason to privilege specific forms of civic education, as each form contributes to different relevant political attitudes and behaviors.

Political parties and redemocratization in Uruguay /

"Paper prepared for the project "The Role of Political Parties in the Return to Democracy in the Southern Cone," sponsored by the Latin American Program of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, and the World Peace Foundation."

Communist political propaganda and use of United States mails : hearing before the Subcommittee to Investigate the Administration of the Internal Security Act and Other Internal Security Laws of the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate.

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Noble's new Spanish-English and English-Spanish dictionary ....

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Satellite mentality; political attitudes and propaganda susceptibilities of non-Communists in Hungary, Poland, and Czechoslovakia

"A report of the Bureau of Applied Social Research, Columbia University."

Bernanos, his political thought and prophecy /

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Modern German lyrics : an introduction to German songs of to-day & to-morrow ...

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Ballads and other poems /

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Shaker music : original inspirational hymns and songs illustrative of the resurrection life and testimony of the Shakers.

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Sketches of Algiers, political, historical, and civil : containing an account of the geography, population, government, revenues, commerce, agriculture, arts, civil institutions, tribes, manners, languages, and recent political history of that country /

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...The principles and practice of early and infant school-education, with an appendix of infant-school hymns and songs with appropriate melodies.

Music : p. 285-310.

Over-sea Britain : a descriptive record of the geography, the historical, ethnological, and political development, and the economic resources of the empire : the nearer empire, the Mediterranean, British Africa, and British America /

Includes index.

Indian ballads, and other poems.

Indian ballads.--Miscellaneous ballads.--Album verses.

The uniting of Europe; political, social, and economic forces, 1950-1957 /

"First published in 1958."