Kathleen Knight
Biographic Data
| ID | 3628125 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Kathleen Knight |
| GIVEN NAMES | Kathleen |
| FAMILY NAME | Knight |
| SIGNATURE | KNIGHT K |
| AFFILIATIONS | Barnard College Columbia University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 19 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 588 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 19 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1983 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| H-INDEX | 9 |
Chapter 8 In Their Own Words
Presidential Campaigning in the Internet Age
A New Engagement
Transformations of the Concept of Ideology in the Twentieth Century
Ideology has been the subject of a surprising amount of attention during the last half of the twentieth century. Although it has been argued that the term has been "thoroughly muddied by diverse uses" (Converse 1964, 207), an empirical investigation of the pages of the Review reveals substantial convergence among political scientists over time on a core definition. This essay traces the use of the concept in the Review since its launch in 1906. I…
Equalizing Opportunities for Women in Electoral Politics in Ireland
This paper examines the attitudes of women political elites in Ireland toward positive action initiatives that would assist in increasing women's legislative presence. An earlier study isolated family responsibilities and lack of finance as significant barriers for Irish women wishing to enter, and stay in, political life. In addition, scholarly and policy debates on boosting women's parliamentary representation focus on manipulating electoral or…
Madam President
Journal Article Madam President: Women Blazing the Leadership Trail Get access Madam President: Women Blazing the Leadership Trail by Eleanor Clift and Tom Brazaitis. New York, Routledge, 2003. 366 pp. Paper, $19.95. Kathleen Knight Kathleen Knight Barnard College and Columbia University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Political Science Quarterly, Volume 119, Issue 1, Spring 2004, Pages 218–219, https://do…
Equalizing opportunities for women in electoral politics in Ireland
A Farewell to Arms? From “Long War” to Long Peace in Northern Ireland
Spin This! All the Ways We Don't Tell the Truth
Journal Article Spin This! All the Ways We Don't Tell the Truth Get access Spin This! All the Ways We Don't Tell the Truth by Bill Press. New York, Pocket Books, 2001. 241 pp. $26.00. Kathleen Knight Kathleen Knight Barnard College Columbia University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Political Science Quarterly, Volume 117, Issue 3, Fall 2002, Pages 528–529, https://doi.org/10.2307/798291 Published: 15 Febr…
Political Talk Radio and Public Opinion
This article examines the relationship between listening to political talk radio (Rush Limbaugh in particular) and attitudes toward public figures, groups, and policies. We employ a variety of methods to combat the selection bias inherent in such relationships. We find that listening to Limbaugh is independently associated with attitudes toward issues that Limbaugh emphasizes but shows no independent covariance with attitudes toward salient issue…
The Interplay of Macropartisanship and Macroideology
Considerable research focuses on explaining trends in party identification in the American public Somewhat less attention has been devoted to trends in ideological identification, although such research has been on the increase. However, the potential relationship between macropartisanship and macroideology remains largely unexamined. We use alternative methodologies to test whether shifts in macropartisanship have occurred independently of, alon…
Political Judgment
Racial Prejudice and Attitudes Toward Affirmative Action
Theory: We examine the relationship between blatant racial prejudice and anger toward affirmative action. Hypotheses: (1) Blatantly prejudiced attitudes continue to pervade the white population in the United States. (2) Resistance to affirmative action is more than an extension of this prejudice. (3) White resistance to affirmative action is not unyielding and unalterably fixed. Methods: Analysis of experiments embedded in a national survey of ra…
The Personal and Political Underpinnings of Economic Forecasts
Recently, a great deal of attention has been focused on the impact of prospective evaluations of the economy on vote choice. Yet, little attention has been focused on the actual process whereby such evaluations are formed. This paper employs panel data to test a model of the formation of prospective evaluations of inflation and unemployment. Our findings indicate that retrospective assessments of economic conditions do not greatly influence econo…
Judging Inflation and Unemployment
In recent years, a great deal of evidence has been generated regarding the impact of retrospective evaluations of the economy on vote choice. Yet little attention has been focused on the actual process whereby such evaluations are formed. This paper employs panel data to test a model of retrospective evaluations of inflation and unemployment. Our findings suggest, first, that retrospective evaluations are influenced by personal economic circumsta…
Ideology in the 1980 Election
The debate over the extent of ideological awareness in the American electorate has been characterized as an argument over whether the "ideology glass" is half empty or half full. This characterization results from the fact that analyses to date have employed various alternative indicators of ideology in isolation from each other. This paper presents an integrated assessment of ideological thinking in the American electorate. Specifically, it exam…
Expectation/Disillusion and Presidential Popularity
The Sigelman-Knight analysis of the interpretation of recurring declines in presidential popularity is replicated with data on the Reagan presidency. There is a connection between Reagan's popularity and expectations about what he would be able to accomplish, but (just as was the case during the Carter presidency, and directly counter to predictions) it was the more highly educated whose expectations of presidential performance were initially hig…
Public opinion and presidential responsibility for the economy
Why Does Presidential Popularity Decline? A Test of the Expectation/Disillusion Theory
According to the "expectation/disillusion" interpretation of the decline of presidential popularity over time, popularity declines as unrealistically high expectations of presidential performance inevitably give way to more realistic assessments. This paper puts that interpretation and several specific aspects of it to the test through analysis of data from a series of nationwide polls conducted between 1977 and 1979
Racial Prejudice and Attitudes Toward Affirmative Action
Theory: We examine the relationship between blatant racial prejudice and anger toward affirmative action. Hypotheses: (1) Blatantly prejudiced attitudes continue to pervade the white population in the United States. (2) Resistance to affirmative action is more than an extension of this prejudice. (3) White resistance to affirmative action is not unyielding and unalterably fixed. Methods: Analysis of experiments embedded in a national survey of ra…
Judging Inflation and Unemployment
In recent years, a great deal of evidence has been generated regarding the impact of retrospective evaluations of the economy on vote choice. Yet little attention has been focused on the actual process whereby such evaluations are formed. This paper employs panel data to test a model of retrospective evaluations of inflation and unemployment. Our findings suggest, first, that retrospective evaluations are influenced by personal economic circumsta…
Ideology in the 1980 Election
The debate over the extent of ideological awareness in the American electorate has been characterized as an argument over whether the "ideology glass" is half empty or half full. This characterization results from the fact that analyses to date have employed various alternative indicators of ideology in isolation from each other. This paper presents an integrated assessment of ideological thinking in the American electorate. Specifically, it exam…
The Personal and Political Underpinnings of Economic Forecasts
Recently, a great deal of attention has been focused on the impact of prospective evaluations of the economy on vote choice. Yet, little attention has been focused on the actual process whereby such evaluations are formed. This paper employs panel data to test a model of the formation of prospective evaluations of inflation and unemployment. Our findings indicate that retrospective assessments of economic conditions do not greatly influence econo…
Transformations of the Concept of Ideology in the Twentieth Century
Ideology has been the subject of a surprising amount of attention during the last half of the twentieth century. Although it has been argued that the term has been "thoroughly muddied by diverse uses" (Converse 1964, 207), an empirical investigation of the pages of the Review reveals substantial convergence among political scientists over time on a core definition. This essay traces the use of the concept in the Review since its launch in 1906. I…
Political Talk Radio and Public Opinion
This article examines the relationship between listening to political talk radio (Rush Limbaugh in particular) and attitudes toward public figures, groups, and policies. We employ a variety of methods to combat the selection bias inherent in such relationships. We find that listening to Limbaugh is independently associated with attitudes toward issues that Limbaugh emphasizes but shows no independent covariance with attitudes toward salient issue…
Public opinion and presidential responsibility for the economy
Why Does Presidential Popularity Decline? A Test of the Expectation/Disillusion Theory
According to the "expectation/disillusion" interpretation of the decline of presidential popularity over time, popularity declines as unrealistically high expectations of presidential performance inevitably give way to more realistic assessments. This paper puts that interpretation and several specific aspects of it to the test through analysis of data from a series of nationwide polls conducted between 1977 and 1979
The Interplay of Macropartisanship and Macroideology
Considerable research focuses on explaining trends in party identification in the American public Somewhat less attention has been devoted to trends in ideological identification, although such research has been on the increase. However, the potential relationship between macropartisanship and macroideology remains largely unexamined. We use alternative methodologies to test whether shifts in macropartisanship have occurred independently of, alon…
Expectation/Disillusion and Presidential Popularity
The Sigelman-Knight analysis of the interpretation of recurring declines in presidential popularity is replicated with data on the Reagan presidency. There is a connection between Reagan's popularity and expectations about what he would be able to accomplish, but (just as was the case during the Carter presidency, and directly counter to predictions) it was the more highly educated whose expectations of presidential performance were initially hig…
Presidential Campaigning in the Internet Age
A New Engagement
Equalizing Opportunities for Women in Electoral Politics in Ireland
This paper examines the attitudes of women political elites in Ireland toward positive action initiatives that would assist in increasing women's legislative presence. An earlier study isolated family responsibilities and lack of finance as significant barriers for Irish women wishing to enter, and stay in, political life. In addition, scholarly and policy debates on boosting women's parliamentary representation focus on manipulating electoral or…
Madam President
Journal Article Madam President: Women Blazing the Leadership Trail Get access Madam President: Women Blazing the Leadership Trail by Eleanor Clift and Tom Brazaitis. New York, Routledge, 2003. 366 pp. Paper, $19.95. Kathleen Knight Kathleen Knight Barnard College and Columbia University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Political Science Quarterly, Volume 119, Issue 1, Spring 2004, Pages 218–219, https://do…
Why Does Presidential Popularity Decline? A Test of the Expectation/Disillusion Theory
According to the "expectation/disillusion" interpretation of the decline of presidential popularity over time, popularity declines as unrealistically high expectations of presidential performance inevitably give way to more realistic assessments. This paper puts that interpretation and several specific aspects of it to the test through analysis of data from a series of nationwide polls conducted between 1977 and 1979
Ideology in the 1980 Election
The debate over the extent of ideological awareness in the American electorate has been characterized as an argument over whether the "ideology glass" is half empty or half full. This characterization results from the fact that analyses to date have employed various alternative indicators of ideology in isolation from each other. This paper presents an integrated assessment of ideological thinking in the American electorate. Specifically, it exam…
Expectation/Disillusion and Presidential Popularity
The Sigelman-Knight analysis of the interpretation of recurring declines in presidential popularity is replicated with data on the Reagan presidency. There is a connection between Reagan's popularity and expectations about what he would be able to accomplish, but (just as was the case during the Carter presidency, and directly counter to predictions) it was the more highly educated whose expectations of presidential performance were initially hig…
Public opinion and presidential responsibility for the economy
Judging Inflation and Unemployment
In recent years, a great deal of evidence has been generated regarding the impact of retrospective evaluations of the economy on vote choice. Yet little attention has been focused on the actual process whereby such evaluations are formed. This paper employs panel data to test a model of retrospective evaluations of inflation and unemployment. Our findings suggest, first, that retrospective evaluations are influenced by personal economic circumsta…
The Personal and Political Underpinnings of Economic Forecasts
Recently, a great deal of attention has been focused on the impact of prospective evaluations of the economy on vote choice. Yet, little attention has been focused on the actual process whereby such evaluations are formed. This paper employs panel data to test a model of the formation of prospective evaluations of inflation and unemployment. Our findings indicate that retrospective assessments of economic conditions do not greatly influence econo…
Political Judgment
Racial Prejudice and Attitudes Toward Affirmative Action
Theory: We examine the relationship between blatant racial prejudice and anger toward affirmative action. Hypotheses: (1) Blatantly prejudiced attitudes continue to pervade the white population in the United States. (2) Resistance to affirmative action is more than an extension of this prejudice. (3) White resistance to affirmative action is not unyielding and unalterably fixed. Methods: Analysis of experiments embedded in a national survey of ra…
The Interplay of Macropartisanship and Macroideology
Considerable research focuses on explaining trends in party identification in the American public Somewhat less attention has been devoted to trends in ideological identification, although such research has been on the increase. However, the potential relationship between macropartisanship and macroideology remains largely unexamined. We use alternative methodologies to test whether shifts in macropartisanship have occurred independently of, alon…
Political Talk Radio and Public Opinion
This article examines the relationship between listening to political talk radio (Rush Limbaugh in particular) and attitudes toward public figures, groups, and policies. We employ a variety of methods to combat the selection bias inherent in such relationships. We find that listening to Limbaugh is independently associated with attitudes toward issues that Limbaugh emphasizes but shows no independent covariance with attitudes toward salient issue…
A Farewell to Arms? From “Long War” to Long Peace in Northern Ireland
Spin This! All the Ways We Don't Tell the Truth
Journal Article Spin This! All the Ways We Don't Tell the Truth Get access Spin This! All the Ways We Don't Tell the Truth by Bill Press. New York, Pocket Books, 2001. 241 pp. $26.00. Kathleen Knight Kathleen Knight Barnard College Columbia University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Political Science Quarterly, Volume 117, Issue 3, Fall 2002, Pages 528–529, https://doi.org/10.2307/798291 Published: 15 Febr…
Equalizing Opportunities for Women in Electoral Politics in Ireland
This paper examines the attitudes of women political elites in Ireland toward positive action initiatives that would assist in increasing women's legislative presence. An earlier study isolated family responsibilities and lack of finance as significant barriers for Irish women wishing to enter, and stay in, political life. In addition, scholarly and policy debates on boosting women's parliamentary representation focus on manipulating electoral or…
Madam President
Journal Article Madam President: Women Blazing the Leadership Trail Get access Madam President: Women Blazing the Leadership Trail by Eleanor Clift and Tom Brazaitis. New York, Routledge, 2003. 366 pp. Paper, $19.95. Kathleen Knight Kathleen Knight Barnard College and Columbia University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Political Science Quarterly, Volume 119, Issue 1, Spring 2004, Pages 218–219, https://do…
Equalizing opportunities for women in electoral politics in Ireland
Transformations of the Concept of Ideology in the Twentieth Century
Ideology has been the subject of a surprising amount of attention during the last half of the twentieth century. Although it has been argued that the term has been "thoroughly muddied by diverse uses" (Converse 1964, 207), an empirical investigation of the pages of the Review reveals substantial convergence among political scientists over time on a core definition. This essay traces the use of the concept in the Review since its launch in 1906. I…
A New Engagement
Presidential Campaigning in the Internet Age
Chapter 8 In Their Own Words
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