ISBN:
9780195348842
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0195348842
Language:
English
Pages:
Online Ressource (xvi, 376 p.)
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ill.
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
Parallel Title:
Print version Navigating public opinion
DDC:
303.380973
Keywords:
Public opinion United States
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Public opinion polls United States
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Public opinion
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Public opinion polls
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Public opinion polls
;
Public opinion
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SOCIAL SCIENCE ; General
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Public opinion
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Public opinion polls
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Publieke opinie
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Opinieonderzoek
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Democratie
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United States
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Electronic books
Abstract:
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
Note:
Includes bibliographical references. - Description based on print version record
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How policymakers misperceive U.S. public opinion on foreign policy
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Navigating public opinion : an introduction
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Public opinion and congressional action on labor market opportunities, 1942-2000
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Authority and limitations of polls
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Anatomy of survey-based experiments
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Probabilistic polling
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Future of polling : relational iference and the survey instruments
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Sovereign status of survey data
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Value of polls in promoting good government and democracy
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Semi-sovereign public
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Impact of public opinion on public policy : the state of the debate
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Public opinion and policy : causal flow in a macro system model
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Politics and policymaking in the real world : crafted talk and the loss of democratic responsiveness
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Panderers or shirkers? Politicians and public opinion
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Polls, priming, and the politics of welfare reform
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Power elite, public policy, and public opinion
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Policy elites invoke public opinion : polls, policy debates, and the future of social security
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How state-level policy managers "read" public opinion
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Public opinion, foreign policy, and deomocracy : how presidents use public opinion
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