
Navigating Public Opinion
Polls, Policy, and the Future of American Democracy
Published on 19. September 2002
Book
Paperback/Softback
392 pages
978-0-19-514934-0 (ISBN)
Description
Do politicians listen to the public? When? How often? Or are the views of the public manipulated or used strategically by elites? In this book, leading scholars of American politics assess and debate the impact of public opinion on policy making. Central questions include the changing relationship between opinion and policy over time, how key actors use public opinion to formulate domestic and foriegn policy, and how new measurment techniques might improve our understanding of the results of polls and survey research.
Reviews / Votes
... a must-read for any student of public opinion. * Political Studies Review * Gilen's elegant synopsis of question wording and context experiments stands out. Students of American public opinion should survey this collection carefully. * Political Studies Review *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
numerous figures and tables
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 21 mm
Weight
597 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-514934-0 (9780195149340)
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Jeff Manza | Fay Lomax Cook | Benjamin I. Page
Navigating Public Opinion
Polls, Policy, and the Future of American Democracy
E-Book
09/2002
1st Edition
OUP eBook
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Persons
Jeff Manza is Associate Professor of Sociology and a Faculty Fellow at the Institute of Policy Research at Northwestern University. He is the coauthor of Social Cleavages and Political Change: Voter Alignments and U.S. Party Coalitions (OUP) and Locking Up the Vote: Felon Disenfranchisement and American Democracy (forthcoming from OUP). Fay Lomax Cook is Director of the Institute for Policy Research and Professor
of Human Development and Social Policy in the School of Education and Social Policy at Northwestern University. She is the author or coauthor of several books, including Who Should Be Helped? Public Support for Social Services and Support for the
American Welfare State: The Views of Congress and the Public. Benjamin I. Page is Gordon Scott Fulcher Professor of Decision Making in the Department of Political Science at Northwestern University. He is the author or coauthor of eight books, including Who Gets What from Government, Who Deliberates, The Rational Public, and What Government Can Do.
of Human Development and Social Policy in the School of Education and Social Policy at Northwestern University. She is the author or coauthor of several books, including Who Should Be Helped? Public Support for Social Services and Support for the
American Welfare State: The Views of Congress and the Public. Benjamin I. Page is Gordon Scott Fulcher Professor of Decision Making in the Department of Political Science at Northwestern University. He is the author or coauthor of eight books, including Who Gets What from Government, Who Deliberates, The Rational Public, and What Government Can Do.