Background
Alt, James Edward was born on August 16, 1946 in New York City. Son of Franz Leopold and Alice Alt.
(This book originally published in 1979, deals with popula...)
This book originally published in 1979, deals with popular perceptions and expectations of economic trends, popular preferences among economic policies, and the relationships between these and broader aspects of political behaviour like voting, attachment to the party system, and political and social attitudes. The economy has long been held to be a critical determinant of the ability of governments to gain election. This book provides unique evidence about popular expectations of inflation, evaluation of economic management, and preferences among competing economic goals and policies, without which the connection between economic management and electoral success cannot be understood. At the same time, by dealing extensively with electoral survey data for Britain since 1964, the book provides a contemporary history of electoral and political behaviour in an age of unprecedented economic management.
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Alt, James Edward was born on August 16, 1946 in New York City. Son of Franz Leopold and Alice Alt.
AB, Columbia University, 1968. Master of Science in Economics, London School of Economics, 1970. Doctor of Philosophy, Essex University, England, 1978.
Lecturer, U. Essex, Wivenhoe Park, England, 1971-1979; associate professor, Washington University, St. Louis, 1978-1982; professor, Washington University, St. Louis, 1982-1986; professor, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, since 1986; director, Center for Basic Research in Social Science, since 1998.
(This book originally published in 1979, deals with popula...)
Fellow American Academy Arts and Sciences. Member British Politics Group (president 1983-1985), American Political Science Association (council 1996-1997), Midwest Political Science Association (executive council 1985-1988).
Married Elaine Fiore, June 26, 1968. Children— Rachel, Adam.