Navigating Public Opinion: Polls, Policy, and the Future of American Democracy

by Benjamin I. Page, Jeff Manza, Fay Lomax Cook

Book Overview

Do politicians listen to the public? How often and when? Or are the views of the public manipulated or used strategically by political and economic elites? Navigating Public Opinion brings together leading scholars of American politics to assess and debate these questions. It describes how the relationship between opinion and policy has changed over time; how key political actors use public opinion to formulate domestic and foreign policy; and how...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195149343
• ISBN13: 9780195149340
• Release Date: September 2002
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 392 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.4" x 9.2"