On Deaf Ears The Limits of the Bully Pulpit

Name: On Deaf Ears The Limits of the Bully Pulpit
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ISBN: 9780300115819

ISBN-10: 0300115814

ISBN-13: 9780300115819

Edition: 2006

Authors: George C. Edwards, George C. Edwards

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The typical legislative strategy for recent presidents has been to move Congress by winning public support. George Edwards analyzes hundreds of public opinion polls and finds that this strategy usually fails. He explains why presidents are frequently unable to move public opinion and suggests they use other means to achieve legislative success. "That presidents use the 'bully pulpit' to exert influence in Washington is a truism of American Politics. What Edwards finds in this remarkable book is that the truism isn't true, that presidents--even those at the top of their form--persistently fail to move public sentiment in preferred directions."--James A. Stimson, University of North Carolina…

Book details

List price: $35.00
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Yale University Press
Publication date: 5/10/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 320
Size: 0.65" wide x 0.93" long x 0.07" tall
Weight: 0.990
Language: English

George C. Edwards III is University Distinguished Professor of Political Science and the Jordan Chair in Presidential Studies at Texas A&M University. His many books include "The Strategic President." He is the editor of "Presidential Studies Quarterly."