Navigating Public Opinion
Polls, Policy, and the Future of American Democracy
Benjamin I Page author Fay Lomax Cook author Jeff Manza author
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Oxford University Press Inc
Published:19th Sep '02
Currently unavailable, and unfortunately no date known when it will be back
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 policymaking. Central questions include the changing relationships between opinion and policy over time, how key actors use public opinion to formulate domestic and foreign policy, and how new measurement techniques might improve our understanding of the results of polls and survey research. These state-of-the-art essays address issues that lie at the heart of democratic governance today.
A valuable synthesis of the many strands of research focused on the social mechanisms that connect public opinion and public policy . The breadth and quality of chapters compiled in Navigating Public Opinion is likely to earn the volume a familiar place on the public opinion researcher's shelf. * Public Opinion Quarterly *
ISBN: 9780195149340
Dimensions: 155mm x 234mm x 23mm
Weight: 542g
392 pages