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

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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