Tides of Consent How Public Opinion Shapes American Politics

Name: Tides of Consent How Public Opinion Shapes American Politics
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ISBN: 9780521601177

ISBN-10: 0521601177

ISBN-13: 9780521601177

Edition: 2004

Authors: James A. Stimson

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Tracking trends in American public opinion, this study examines moods of public policy over time. James Stimson looks at shorter term movements as the public approves or disapproves politicians, trusts or distrusts government. His book is distinctive in that it focuses on determining the unobserved true opinion that lies beneath superficial polls. It argues that public opinion is decisive in American politics and identifies the citizens who produce influential change as a relatively small subset of the American electorate.

Book details

List price: $30.99
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 9/13/2004
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 208
Size: 6.02" wide x 9.06" long x 0.47" tall
Weight: 0.594
Language: English



List of Tables and Figures


Preface: The Shutdown


On Point of View


On How the Book Came to Be Written


On Truth, Objectivity, and Spin


Acknowledgments



Opinion Flows


September 11


Policy Preferences


So, What's New?


A Theory of Public Opinion


Some Postulates about Opinion Movement


Design of the Book



What the Public Wants from Government


Thinking about Public Opinion


Absolute and Relative


Means and Ends


What Are the Considerations? Policy Domains


Some Newer Policy Conflicts



Left and Right Movements in Preference


The Issue Evolution Theory of Issue Alignment


Three Issue Evolutions


Preferences for Liberalism and Conservatism


Ideology: Operational and Symbolic



The Great Horse Race: Finding Meaning in Presidential Campaigns


The Lore of Presidential Campaigns: Three Stories


Do the Polls Predict Presidential Elections?


So, What Really Matters?


Party Nominating Conventions


Canadidate Debates



Between the Campaigns: Public Approval and Disapproval of Government


The Presidency


U.S. Senators


Governors


Trust in Government


Is Approval Generic?



On Politics at the Margin


A Tale of Three Elections


Who Accounts for Change in American Politics?


The Rhythms of Opinion: A Reconsideration


On Marginal Democracy


Bibliography


Index