The importance of public opinion in the determination of public policy is the subject of considerable debate. Professors Erikson, Wright, and McIver make the argument that state policies are highly responsive to public opinion, and they show how the institutions of state politics work to achieve this high level of responsiveness. They analyze state policies from the 1930s to the present, drawing from and contributing to major lines of research on American politics. Their conclusions are applied to central questions of democratic theory, and affirm the robust character of state institutions.
The importance of public opinion in the determination of public policy is the subject of considerable debate. Professors Erikson, Wright, and McIver m...
Michael Mackuen Robert S. Erikson James A. Stimson
The Macro Polity provides the first comprehensive model of American politics at the system level. Focusing on the interactions between citizen evaluations and preferences, government activity and policy, and how the combined acts of citizens and governments influence one another over time, it integrates understandings of matters such as economic outcomes, presidential approval, partisanship, elections, and government policy-making into a single model. The book's macro and longitudinal focus makes it possible to directly connect the behaviors of electorate and government.
The Macro Polity provides the first comprehensive model of American politics at the system level. Focusing on the interactions between citizen evaluat...
The importance of public opinion in the determination of public policy is the subject of considerable debate. Professors Erikson, Wright, and McIver make the argument that state policies are highly responsive to public opinion, and they show how the institutions of state politics work to achieve this high level of responsiveness. They analyze state policies from the 1930s to the present, drawing from and contributing to major lines of research on American politics. Their conclusions are applied to central questions of democratic theory, and affirm the robust character of state institutions.
The importance of public opinion in the determination of public policy is the subject of considerable debate. Professors Erikson, Wright, and McIver m...
Inpresidential elections, do voters cast their ballots for the candidates whose platform and positions best match their own? Or is the race forpresident of the United States come down largely to who runs the most effective campaign? It s a question those who study elections have been considering for years with no clear resolution. In The Timeline of Presidential Elections, Robert S. Erikson and Christopher Wlezien reveal for the first time how both factors come into play.Erikson and Wlezien have amassed data from close to two thousand national polls covering every presidential...
Inpresidential elections, do voters cast their ballots for the candidates whose platform and positions best match their own? Or is the race forpres...
