Navigating public opinion :: polls, policy, and the future of American democracy /

Do politicians listen to the public? How often and when? Or are the views of the public manipulated or used strategically by political and economic elites? Navigating Public Opinion brings together leading scholars of American politics to assess and debate these questions. It describes how the relat...

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Other Authors: Manza, Jeff, Cook, Fay Lomax, Page, Benjamin I.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2002.
Series:OUP E-Books.
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Online Access:DE-862
DE-863
Summary:Do politicians listen to the public? How often and when? Or are the views of the public manipulated or used strategically by political and economic elites? Navigating Public Opinion brings together leading scholars of American politics to assess and debate these questions. It describes how the relationship between opinion and policy has changed over time; how key political actors use public opinion to formulate domestic and foreign policy; and how new measurement techniques might improve our understanding of public opinion in contemporary polling and survey research. The distinguished contribu.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xvi, 376 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:9780195348842
0195348842
1280833505
9781280833502
9786610833504
6610833508
9780195149333
0195149335
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