Stealth democracy : Americans' beliefs about how government should work /

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"Americans often complain about the current operation of their government, but scholars have never developed a complete picture of people's preferred type of government. In this provocative and timely book, John Hibbing and Elizabeth Theiss-Morse, employing an original national survey and...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Hibbing, John R.
Other Authors: Theiss-Morse, Elizabeth
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2002.
Series:Cambridge studies in political psychology and public opinion.
Subjects:
Political participation > United States > Public opinion.
Democracy > United States > Public opinion.
Public opinion > United States.
Participation politique > États-Unis > Opinion publique.
Démocratie > États-Unis > Opinion publique.
Opinion publique > États-Unis.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Freedom & Security > Civil Rights.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Freedom & Security > Human Rights.
Democracy > Public opinion
Political participation > Public opinion
Public opinion
Politische Einstellung
Demokratie
Politieke participatie.
Inspraak.
Publieke opinie.
Opinion publique > Etats-Unis > 1970-2000.
United States
USA
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • pt. 1. The benefits of studying the processes people want
  • Policy space and American politics
  • Process space: an introduction
  • Using process space to explain features of American politics
  • pt. 2. The processes people want
  • Attitudes toward specific processes
  • Public assessments of people and politicians
  • Americans' desire for stealth democracy
  • pt. 3. Should people be given the processes they want?
  • Popular deliberation and group involvement in theory
  • The realities of popular deliberation and group involvement
  • Improving government and people's attitudes toward it.

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