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

ISBN-13: 9781107040205 / Angielski / Twarda / 2014 / 248 str.

Paul Burstein

Opis

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 this study of a random sample of policy proposals, Paul Burstein finds that the public can get what it wants - but mainly on the few issues that attract its attention.

Recenzje

'If the big findings of the book are the absence of large effects for opinion and advocacy, there are still a host of interesting nuggets along the way … Throughout the book the reader is reminded of both how much work went into designing the study and collecting the appropriate data, and why so few scholars have gone this route.' Marc Dixon, Mobilization

Spis treści

1. Introduction; 2. Policy change; 3. Public opinion; 4. Advocacy: how Americans try to influence Congress; 5. The impact of advocacy on congressional action; 6. Advocacy, information, and policy innovation; 7. Conclusions.