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Record Nr.

UNINA9910783959203321

Autore

Buchanan Bruce

Titolo

The policy partnership [[electronic resource] ] : presidential elections and American democracy / / Bruce Buchanan

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Routledge, 2004

ISBN

1-135-93738-9

1-280-23178-5

9786610231782

0-203-51648-6

0-203-50620-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (137 p.)

Disciplina

320.6/0973

Soggetti

Presidents - United States - Election - 20th century

Presidents - United States - History - 20th century

Voting - United States

Representative government and representation - United States

Democracy - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 125-131) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Democracy and policy -- A typology of voter influence -- Direct influence : the voter driven cases -- Anticipatory influence : the leader bargain cases -- Legitimizing influence : the claimed consent cases -- Policy partnerships : what would it take? -- The future of public influence : revising health care.

Sommario/riassunto

The central question of democratic politics comes down to the relationship between popular electoral choices and public policy: if voters can't influence what government does, then what is the point of democracy?