Tides of Consent
Subtitle: How Public Opinion Shapes American Politics
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 196
ISBN-13: 9781107108172
Subjects: Public opinion, united states; United states, politics and government
Description: "Tides of Consent is an ambitious attempt to integrate the findings of a half-century of public opinion research in an effort to draw convincing conclusions about the political implications and electoral consequences of public opinion. Too often public opinion is presented as filler, a spot on the evening news when nothing else is available. Rarely do we look at public opinion in its contemporary context, and almost never do we attempt to understand its significance over the long haul. In this book, Stimson offers us new insights into public preferences and understanding of the links between public preferences and public policy that are often lost in coverage of the daily news or the political campaign." John McIver, University of Texas at Austin.