Tides of Consent: How Public Opinion Shapes American Politics

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Cambridge University Press, Sep 13, 2004 - Political Science - 181 pages
This book tracks movement in American public opinion. It examines moods for public policy that cycle over decades. It looks at shorter term movements as the public approves or disapproves politicians, trusts or distrusts government. It is distinctive in that it focuses always on locating the unobserved true opinion that lies beneath, turning away from the superficial polls by which we come to know the real thing. It argues that public opinion is decisive in American politics and it locates the citizens who produce this influential change as a quite small subset of the American electorate.
 

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About the author (2004)

James A. Stimson is the Raymond Dawson Distinguished Bicentennial Professor of Political Science at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He is a former President and Treasurer of the American Political Science Association. He has authored and co-authored numerous books including Yeas and Neys: Normal Decision-Making in the U.S. House of Representatives, Issue Evolution: Race and the Reconstruction of American Politics, Public Opinion in America, and The Macro Polity. Professor Stimson has served as Editor of Political Analysis, and has served on the editorial board of journals such as the American Journal of Political Science and the Journal of Politics. He has authored many articles published in major journals of political science and is the recipient of various awards for his distinguished scholarship.

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TitleTides of Consent: How Public Opinion Shapes American Politics
AuthorJames A. Stimson
Editionillustrated, reprint
PublisherCambridge University Press, 2004
ISBN0521601177, 9780521601177
Length181 pages
Subjects ›  › 

Political Science / American Government / General
Political Science / History & Theory
Political Science / Political Process / General
Social Science / Media Studies
  
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