=================================================================== How ideologies and ideological thinking shape electoral behaviour =================================================================== .. post:: 2017-12-12 21:49:14 :category: research :excerpt: 2 .. previewimage:: RoutledgeHBTitle.png A handbook chapter on "Ideology and Electoral Choice" has appeared in |The Routledge Handbook|_. .. |The Routledge Handbook| replace:: *The Routledge Handbook of Elections, Voting Behavior and Public Opinion* .. _The Routledge Handbook: https://www.routledge.com/The-Routledge-Handbook-of-Elections-Voting-Behavior-and-Public-Opinion/Fisher-Fieldhouse-Franklin-Gibson-Cantijoch-Wlezien/p/book/9781138890404 It discusses various conceptions of ideology -- from the history of ideas to (social) psychology and the empirical evidence about the influence of ideological orientations on voting behaviour. .. raw:: html