To the rapidly expanding study of emotions and politics, this book enhances understanding of the connections between affect and cognition and their implications for political evaluation, decision and action. Emphasizing theory, methodology, and empirical research, Feeling Politics is an important contribution to political science, sociology, psychology, and communications.

Feeling Politics: New Research into Emotion and Political Action--David P. Redlawsk * First Steps toward a Dual-Process Accessibility Model of Political Beliefs, Attitudes, and Behavior--Milton Lodge, Charles Taber & Chris Weber * The Measure and Mismeasure of Emotion--George E. Marcus, Michael MacKuen, Jenny Wolak, & Luke Keele * Contributions of a Microsociological Perspective on Emotion to the Study of Political Identity and Action--Lisa Troyer & Dawn T. Robinson * Affect and Politics: Effects on Judgment, Processing, and Information Selection--Linda M. Isbell, Victor C. Ottati, & Kathleen C. Burns * Motivated Reasoning, Affect, and the Role of Memory in Voter Decision-Making--David P. Redlawsk * Fear and Anger in Candidate Evaluation: Context, Traits, and Negative Candidate Affect--Marco R. Steenbergen & Christopher Ellis * The Three Faces of Negative Campaigning: The Democratic Implications of Attack Ads, Cynical News and Fear Arousing Messages--Ann Crigler, Marion Just, & Todd Belt * Racial Cues in Campaign News: The Effects of Candidate Issue Distance on Emotional Responses, Political Attentiveness, and Vote Choice--Vincent L. Hutchings, Nicholas A. Valentino, Tasha S. Philpot, & Ismail K. White * I Like Him, But . . .: Vote Choice When Candidate Likeability and Closeness on Issues Clash--David P. Redlawsk & Richard R. Lau * The Emotional Calculus of Foreign Policy Decisions: Getting Emotions out of the Closet--Nehemia Geva & J. Mark Skorick