Author: Francis Landey Patton
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Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 520
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The Princeton University Bulletin
Author: Francis Landey Patton
Publisher:
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Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 520
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Publisher:
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Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 520
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Who Leads Whom?
Author: Brandice Canes-Wrone
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 0226092496
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 234
Book Description
Who Leads Whom? is an ambitious study that addresses some of the most important questions in contemporary American politics: Do presidents pander to public opinion by backing popular policy measures that they believe would actually harm the country? Why do presidents "go public" with policy appeals? And do those appeals affect legislative outcomes? Analyzing the actions of modern presidents ranging from Eisenhower to Clinton, Brandice Canes-Wrone demonstrates that presidents' involvement of the mass public, by putting pressure on Congress, shifts policy in the direction of majority opinion. More important, she also shows that presidents rarely cater to the mass citizenry unless they already agree with the public's preferred course of action. With contemporary politics so connected to the pulse of the American people, Who Leads Whom? offers much-needed insight into how public opinion actually works in our democratic process. Integrating perspectives from presidential studies, legislative politics, public opinion, and rational choice theory, this theoretical and empirical inquiry will appeal to a wide range of scholars of American political processes.
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 0226092496
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 234
Book Description
Who Leads Whom? is an ambitious study that addresses some of the most important questions in contemporary American politics: Do presidents pander to public opinion by backing popular policy measures that they believe would actually harm the country? Why do presidents "go public" with policy appeals? And do those appeals affect legislative outcomes? Analyzing the actions of modern presidents ranging from Eisenhower to Clinton, Brandice Canes-Wrone demonstrates that presidents' involvement of the mass public, by putting pressure on Congress, shifts policy in the direction of majority opinion. More important, she also shows that presidents rarely cater to the mass citizenry unless they already agree with the public's preferred course of action. With contemporary politics so connected to the pulse of the American people, Who Leads Whom? offers much-needed insight into how public opinion actually works in our democratic process. Integrating perspectives from presidential studies, legislative politics, public opinion, and rational choice theory, this theoretical and empirical inquiry will appeal to a wide range of scholars of American political processes.
Annual Report ...
Author: Kansas City (Mo.) Public library
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 504
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 504
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Circulars
Author: Johns Hopkins University
Publisher:
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Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 1232
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Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 1232
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Handbook of Learned Societies and Institutions
Author: James David Thompson
Publisher:
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Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 612
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Publisher:
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Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 612
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The University of Colorado Catalogue
Author: University of Colorado
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 824
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Languages : en
Pages : 824
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Ordinary People in Extraordinary Times
Author: Nancy G. Bermeo
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 0691214131
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 282
Book Description
For generations, influential thinkers--often citing the tragic polarization that took place during Germany's Great Depression--have suspected that people's loyalty to democratic institutions erodes under pressure and that citizens gravitate toward antidemocratic extremes in times of political and economic crisis. But do people really defect from democracy when times get tough? Do ordinary people play a leading role in the collapse of popular government? Based on extensive research, this book overturns the common wisdom. It shows that the German experience was exceptional, that people's affinity for particular political positions are surprisingly stable, and that what is often labeled polarization is the result not of vote switching but of such factors as expansion of the franchise, elite defections, and the mobilization of new voters. Democratic collapses are caused less by changes in popular preferences than by the actions of political elites who polarize themselves and mistake the actions of a few for the preferences of the many. These conclusions are drawn from the study of twenty cases, including every democracy that collapsed in the aftermath of the Russian Revolution in interwar Europe, every South American democracy that fell to the Right after the Cuban Revolution, and three democracies that avoided breakdown despite serious economic and political challenges. Unique in its historical and regional scope, this book offers unsettling but important lessons about civil society and regime change--and about the paths to democratic consolidation today.
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 0691214131
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 282
Book Description
For generations, influential thinkers--often citing the tragic polarization that took place during Germany's Great Depression--have suspected that people's loyalty to democratic institutions erodes under pressure and that citizens gravitate toward antidemocratic extremes in times of political and economic crisis. But do people really defect from democracy when times get tough? Do ordinary people play a leading role in the collapse of popular government? Based on extensive research, this book overturns the common wisdom. It shows that the German experience was exceptional, that people's affinity for particular political positions are surprisingly stable, and that what is often labeled polarization is the result not of vote switching but of such factors as expansion of the franchise, elite defections, and the mobilization of new voters. Democratic collapses are caused less by changes in popular preferences than by the actions of political elites who polarize themselves and mistake the actions of a few for the preferences of the many. These conclusions are drawn from the study of twenty cases, including every democracy that collapsed in the aftermath of the Russian Revolution in interwar Europe, every South American democracy that fell to the Right after the Cuban Revolution, and three democracies that avoided breakdown despite serious economic and political challenges. Unique in its historical and regional scope, this book offers unsettling but important lessons about civil society and regime change--and about the paths to democratic consolidation today.
Publication
Author: Field Columbian Museum
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 690
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Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 690
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Publications of Members and Graduates of the Department of History, Political Economy and Political Science, 1915
Author: Johns Hopkins University
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Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 120
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Publisher:
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Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 120
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Annual Report
Author: Kansas City Public Library (Kansas City, Mo.)
Publisher:
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Category : Libraries
Languages : en
Pages : 428
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Libraries
Languages : en
Pages : 428
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