The behavioral study of political ideology and public policy formulation

Liberal and conservative dissensus in areas of domestic public policy other than business and economics

“…We found strong positive correlations between ADA positions and positions taken in New York Times and Washington Post editorials and strong negative correlations between ADA positions and Wall Street Journal and National Review editorials Permaloff, 2001, 2004;Permaloff and Grafton, 2005). We calculated agreement scores for the four publications following ADA procedures for its index and found that the overall New York Times and Washington Post ADA rating would be approximately 90.…”

“…In earlier publications (Grafton and Permaloff, 2001, 2004, 2005Permaloff and Grafton, in press) we established the utility of editorials of the New York Times and Washington Post as barometers of liberalism and the Wall Street Journal and National Review magazine as indicators of conservatism. Editorials cover a much wider swath of issues than, for example, the fewer than 40 votes a year covered by the Americans for Democratic Action (20 in the House and 20 in the Senate with some duplication) in its widely used indices.…”

African school of thought: The missing ideology in finding a solution to sub‐Saharan African insecurity

“…Political ideology has been defined as “an action directed model of people and society” (Johnston, ; Parsons, ; Van Dijk, ), and studies in the field include the role of ideology in the thinking processes and the functions it plays. For example, when ideological prescriptions are made for public policy, an ideological change results in changing such prescriptions (Grafton & Permaloff, ).…”

“…Discourse and frame theories tend to explain how phenomena are initiated or how discourse is used to frame issues (Nossiff, ; Snow, Rochford, Worden, & Benford, ) rather than examining the impact of ideology on society and policy in general. Essentially, both theories focus on tangible cases and tend to serve “as tools for or elements of ideological or interest group struggles” (Grafton & Permaloff, , p. 203), leaving out wider ideological debates (Alba, ; Bergeron, ; Coles, ; Jacoby, ). According to Jost et al.…”

“… For example, according to the UK's House of Commons Library Research Paper in June 2008, Tony Blair was pursuing “an activist philosophy of interventionism, maintaining a strong alliance with the United States (US) and a commitment to placing Britain at the heart of Europe” (Lunn, Miller, & Smith, ). During Blair's time in office, development policies in Africa brought harsh economic, political and social consequences to Africa's people, alongside large shipments of arms (Grafton & Permaloff, ). …”