Tides of consent : how public opinion shapes American politics /

This book tracks movement in American public opinion. It argues that public opinion is decisive in American politics and locates the citizens who produce this influential change as a quite small subset of the American electorate.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Stimson, James A.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2004.
Subjects:
USA > President
Public opinion > United States.
Opinion publique > États-Unis.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > National.
Politics and government > Public opinion.
Public opinion.
Politische Entscheidung
Öffentliche Meinung
Präsidentenwahl
Wahlkampf
Publieke opinie.
Politieke invloed.
United States > Politics and government > Public opinion.
États-Unis > Politique et gouvernement > Opinion publique.
United States.
USA.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Preface : the shutdown
  • Opinion flows
  • What the public wants from government
  • Left and right movements in preference
  • The great horse race : finding meaning in presidential campaigns
  • Between the campaigns : public approval and disapproval of government
  • On politics at the margin.

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