Undergraduate Module Descriptor

POL3278: Public Opinion in Europe: Political Influencers, Followers and democracy

This module descriptor refers to the 2021/2 academic year.

Indicative Reading List

This reading list is indicative - i.e. it provides an idea of texts that may be useful to you on this module, but it is not considered to be a confirmed or compulsory reading list for this module.

Dalton, Russel J (2014). Citizen Politics: Public Opinion and Political Parties in Advanced Industrial Democracies. London: Sage. 

Duffy, B. (2018). The Perils of Perception. Glasgow: Atlantic Books. 

Flynn, D., B. Nyhan and J. Reifler (2017). The nature and origins of misperceptions: understanding false and unsupported beliefs about politics.?Political Psychology?38 (S1): 127–150. 

Ford, Robert, and Will Jennings. The changing cleavage politics of Western Europe.?Annual Review of Political Science?23 (2020): 295-314. 

Jerit, Jennifer, and Yangzi Zhao. Political misinformation.?Annual Review of Political Science?23 (2020): 77-94. 

Kahnemann, D. (2012). Thinking, Fast and Slow. London: Allen Lane/Penguin Books.  

Norris, P. and R. Inglehart, 2018. Cultural Backlash: Trump, Brexit, and the Rise of Authoritarian Populism. New York: Cambridge University Press. 

Noury, Abdul, and Gerard Roland. Identity Politics and Populism in Europe.?Annual Review of Political Science?23 (2020): 421-439. 

Risse, T. (2010). A Community of Europeans? Ithaca: Cornell University. 

Zaller, J. (1992). The Nature and Origins of Mass Opinion. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press