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UNINA9910462326803321 |
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Buchanan Bruce <1945-, > |
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Presidential power and accountability : toward a presidential accountability system / / Bruce Buchanan |
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New York : , : Routledge, , 2013 |
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1-283-58717-3 |
9786613899620 |
0-203-11135-4 |
1-136-27834-6 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (185 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Presidents - United States |
Executive power - United States |
Separation of powers - United States |
War and emergency powers - United States |
Government accountability - United States |
Electronic books. |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Rethinking presidential power -- Problems -- Incoherent presidential accountability -- The unconscious presidential accountability system -- Costs -- Presidential wars of choice -- Remedies -- Bringing the PAS to life: the presidential accountability project -- Prospective accountability for wars of choice: policy trials. |
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Many analysts now believe that the growth of presidential war power relative to Congress is irreversible. This book was written to contest that view. Its purpose is to identify what would be required to restore presidential war power to constitutional specifications while leaving the president powerful enough to do what is truly necessary in the face of any emergency. Buchanan focuses mainly on diagnosing the origins of the problem and devising practical ways to work toward restoration of the constitutional balance of power between Congress and the president. The work begins b |
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UNINA9910140612803321 |
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Improving survey response [[electronic resource] ] : lessons learned from the European Social Survey / / Ineke Stoop ... [et al.] |
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Chichester, West Sussex ; ; Hoboken, NJ, : Wiley, 2010 |
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1-282-49192-X |
9786612491924 |
0-470-68833-5 |
0-470-68832-7 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (346 p.) |
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Collana |
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Wiley series in survey methodology |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Social surveys - Response rate |
Social surveys - Response rate - Europe |
Public opinion polls |
Public opinion - Europe |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Improving Survey Response: Lessons learned from the European Social Survey; Contents; Preface and Acknowledgements; List of Countries; 1 Backgrounds of Nonresponse; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Declining Response Rates; 1.3 Total Survey Quality and Nonresponse; 1.4 Optimizing Comparability; 2 Survey Response in Cross-national Studies; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Harmonization Models; 2.3 Contactability; 2.4 Ability to Cooperate; 2.5 Willingness to Cooperate; 2.5.1 Social environment and survey culture; 2.5.2 Households and individuals; 2.5.3 Survey design; 2.5.4 Interviewers |
2.5.5 Interviewer-respondent interaction: why people cooperate2.6 Nonresponse Bias; 2.6.1 What is nonresponse bias?; 2.6.2 Combating and adjusting for nonresponse bias; 2.7 Ethics and Humans; 3 The European Social Survey; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 What is the European Social Survey?; 3.2.1 Aims, history and philosophy; 3.2.2 Content; 3.2.3 Participating countries; 3.2.4 Organization and structure; 3.3 ESS |
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Design and Methodology; 3.3.1 The central specification; 3.3.2 Quality and optimal comparability; 3.3.3 Sampling designs, procedures and definitions of the population |
3.3.4 Fieldwork and contracting3.4 Nonresponse Targets, Strategies and Documentation; 3.4.1 Background; 3.4.2 Requirements and guidelines; 3.4.3 Definition and calculation of response rates; 3.4.4 Contact forms; 3.5 Conclusions; Appendix 3.1 A Contact Form as Used in ESS 3; 4 Implementation of the European Social Survey; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Basic Survey Features; 4.2.1 Survey organization, administration mode and sample; 4.2.2 Sample size, number of interviewers and length of fieldwork period; 4.2.3 Survey costs; 4.3 Practical Fieldwork Issues; 4.3.1 Interviewers |
4.3.2 Information and incentives4.4 Summary and Conclusions; 5 Response and Nonresponse Rates in the European Social Survey; 5.1 Data and Definitions; 5.2 Response and Nonresponse Rates in ESS 3; 5.2.1 Rate of ineligibles; 5.2.2 Response rate; 5.2.3 Structure of nonresponse; 5.3 Response Rate Changes Over Time; 5.3.1 Overview; 5.3.2 Response rate trends for specific countries; 5.4 Response Rate Differences and Fieldwork Efforts; 5.4.1 Response rate differences across countries and fieldwork efforts; 5.4.2 Change in response rates over time and change in fieldwork efforts |
6 Response Enhancement Through Extended Interviewer Efforts6.1 Introduction; 6.2 Previous Research on Contactability; 6.2.1 Factors in establishing contact; 6.2.2 Who is hard to contact?; 6.2.3 Call patterns and strategies; 6.3 Previous Research on Cooperation; 6.3.1 Covariates of cooperation; 6.3.2 Causes of cooperation and noncooperation; 6.3.3 Attitudes towards surveys and reasons for refusal; 6.4 Sample Type and Recruitment Mode in the ESS; 6.4.1 Sampling issues; 6.4.2 Recruitment mode; 6.5 Establishing Contact in the ESS; 6.5.1 Introduction; 6.5.2 Noncontact rates |
6.5.3 Ease of contact and number of calls |
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High response rates have traditionally been considered as one of the main indicators of survey quality. Obtaining high response rates is sometimes difficult and expensive, but clearly plays a beneficial role in terms of improving data quality. It is becoming increasingly clear, however, that simply boosting response to achieve a higher response rate will not in itself eradicate nonresponse bias. In this book the authors argue that high response rates should not be seen as a goal in themselves, but rather as part of an overall survey quality strategy based on random probability sampling and aim |
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