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Ideology in America /
"Public opinion in the United States contains a paradox. The American public is symbolically conservative: it cherishes the symbols of conservatism and is more likely to identify as conservative than as liberal. Yet at the same time, it is operationally liberal, wanting government to do and spe...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2012.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | "Public opinion in the United States contains a paradox. The American public is symbolically conservative: it cherishes the symbols of conservatism and is more likely to identify as conservative than as liberal. Yet at the same time, it is operationally liberal, wanting government to do and spend more to solve a variety of social problems. This book focuses on understanding this contradiction. It argues that both facets of public opinion are real and lasting, not artifacts of the survey context or isolated to particular points in time. By exploring the ideological attitudes of the American public as a whole, and the seemingly conflicted choices of individual citizens, it explains the foundations of this paradox. The keys to understanding this large-scale contradiction, and to thinking about its consequences, are found in Americans' attitudes with respect to religion and culture and in the frames in which elite actors describe policy issues"-- |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xviii, 206 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-201) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781139380270 1139380273 9781139094009 1139094009 9781139375986 1139375989 1107386802 9781107386808 1107231035 9781107231030 1280664134 9781280664137 9786613641069 6613641065 1139378848 9781139378840 1139377418 9781139377416 1139371991 9781139371995 |