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Record Nr.

UNINA9910777668603321

Titolo

Polls and politics [[electronic resource] ] : the dilemmas of democracy / / edited by Michael A. Genovese and Matthew J. Streb

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Albany, : State University of New York Press, c2004

ISBN

0-7914-8509-9

1-4237-3951-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (205 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

GenoveseMichael A

Disciplina

320.973

Soggetti

Democracy - United States

Political participation - United States

Public opinion - United States

Public opinion polls

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Based on a conference held at Loyola Marymount University in February 2002.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 165-179) and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Polls and Politics""; ""Contents""; ""Tables and Figures""; ""Preface""; ""1. Polling and the Dilemmas of Democracy by Matthew J. Streb and Michael A. Genovese""; ""2. Presidents, Polls, and the Paradox of Democratic Governance by Michael A. Genovese""; ""3. Presidential Leadership and the Threat to Popular Sovereignty by Lawrence R. Jacobs and Melinda S. Jackson""; ""4. Continuing to Campaign: Public Opinion and the White House by Diane J. Heith""; ""5. Do Polls Give the Public a Voice in a Democracy? by Michael W. Traugott""

""6. When Push Comes to Shove: Push Polling and the Manipulation of Public Opinion by Matthew J. Streb and Susan H. Pinkus""""7. Are Exit Polls Bad for Democracy? by Gerald C. Wright""; ""8. Deliberative Polling, Public Opinion, and Democratic Theory by James S. Fishkin""; ""9. Polling in a Robust Democracy by Michael A. Genovese and Matthew J. Streb""; ""References""; ""Contributors""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""Z""