
Broken Contract?
Changing Relationships Between Americans And Their Government
Stephen C. Craig(Author)
Westview Press Inc
1st Edition
Published on 5. January 1996
Book
Paperback/Softback
348 pages
978-0-8133-2263-6 (ISBN)
Description
This book offers a closer examination of how Americans think and feel about their government. It deals with politics at the grass roots. The book addresses several of the most significant bases of social cleavage present in the US. It focuses on political decisionmakers and decisionmaking.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United States
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Inc
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 19 mm
Weight
502 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8133-2263-6 (9780813322636)
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Person
Stephen C. Craig is director of the Florida Institute for Research on Elections and professor of political science at the University of Florida.
Content
About the Book and Editor -- Change and the American Electorate -- Attitudes -- Looking at Leviathan: Dimensions of Opinion About Big Government -- The Angry Voter: Politics and Popular Discontent in the 1990s -- Economic Change and the Middle-Class Revolt Against the Democratic Party -- Involvement -- The Sixth American Party System: Electoral Change, 1952-1992 -- Public Judgment and Political Engagement in the 1992 Election -- Who's Talking? Who's Listening? The New Politics of Radio Talk Shows -- Citizens for Perot: Assessing Patterns of Alienation and Activism -- Groups -- The Gender Gap: A Manifestation of Women's Dissatisfaction with the American Polity? -- The Religious Vote in American Politics: Value Conflict, Continuity, and Change -- The Social Contract in Black and White: Racial Differences in Evaluations of Government -- Linkage -- The Electoral Connection: Images of U.S. Senators and Representatives -- From Ward Heelers to Public Relations Experts: The Parties' Response to Mass Politics -- Who's the Boss? Direct Democracy and Popular Control of Government -- Appendix: Wording of Survey Questions