The myth of presidential representation
By: B. Dan Wood.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Cambridge; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 226
ISBN-13: 9780521116589; 9780521133425
Subjects: Presidents -- United States; Representative government and representation -- United States; Political parties -- United States; United States -- Politics and government
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The nature of presidential representation; title: The centrist and partisan theories of presidential representation; title: Measuring mass preferences and presidential issue stances; title: Evaluating the centrist vs. partisan models of presidential representation; title: Presidential persuasion and the mass public; title: Centrism, partisanship, and public approval of the president's job performance; title: The efficacy for American democracy of non-centrist, partisan presidential representation.