American Public Opinion, Advocacy, and Policy in Congress: What the Public Wants and What It Gets

by Paul Burstein

Book Overview

Between one election and the next, members of Congress introduce thousands of bills. What determines which become law? Is it the public? Do we have government "of the people, by the people, for the people?" Or is it those who have the resources to organize and pressure government who get what they want? In the first study ever of a random sample of policy proposals, Paul Burstein finds that the public can get what it wants - but mainly on the few...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1107040205
• ISBN13: 9781107040205
• Release Date: January 2014
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.6" x 8.6"