Ambivalence and the Structure of Political Opinion

STEPHEN C. CRAIG is Professor of Political Science at the University of Florida, USA, as well as Director of the university's Graduate Program in Political Campaigning. MICHAEL D. MARTINEZ is Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Florida, USA.

"Craig and Martinez have brought together a stellar cast to provide a state-of-the-art resource that summarizes the field and provides groundbreaking original studies on nearly all elements of ambivalence. This is a must-read for all public opinion scholars, but the theory and measurement issues raised would also help researchers in other fields conceptualize problems of duality." - Donald Haider-Markel, University of Kansas "Ambivalence and the Structure of Public Opinion is a timely collection of the latest work on ambivalence, its theoretical meaning, its measurement, and its impact in politics. The collection explores ambivalence in issues (e.g., abortion), towards political institutions (such as Congress and the Courts), and in patriotism. Democratic politics is inevitably conflictual and so a focused consideration of ambivalence is of special value and this collection delivers a worthy array of thoughtful and empirically rich explorations of the ways in which inner conflict infuses politics." - George E. Marcus, Williams College

• Pros and Cons: Ambivalence and Public Opinion; M.D.Martinez , S.C.Craig & J.G.Kane Ambivalence as Experienced Conflict; B.Albertson, J.Brehm & R.M.Alvarez Ambivalence as Psychological Conflict; I.Newby-Clark , I.McGregor & M.P.Zanna Ambivalence and Response Instability: A Panel Study; S.C.Craig , M.D.Martinez & J.G.Kane Meta-Psychological Versus Operative Measures of Ambivalence: Differentiating the Consequences of Perceived Intra-Psychic Conflict and Real Intra-Psychic Conflict; A.Holbrook & J.A.Krosnick Ambivalence toward Political Institutions; K.M.McGraw & B.Bartels Patriotic to the Core? American Ambivalence About America; J.Citrin & S.Luks Is it Really Ambivalence? Public Opinion Toward Government Spending; W.G.Jacoby