Public opinion in state politics
By: edited by Jeffrey E. Cohen.
Contributors: Cohen, Jeffrey E.
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Stanford, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 279
ISBN-13: 9780804753005
Subjects: State governments -- United States -- Public opinion.; Public opinion -- United States.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: studying public opinion in the American states / by Jeffrey E. Cohen; title: Does familiarity breed contempt? examining the correlates of state-level confidence in the federal government / by Paul Brace and Martin Johnson; title: State residency, state laws, and public opinion / by Barbara Norrander and Clyde Wilcox; title: Mexican-American and Cuban-American public opinion: differences at the state level?" / by David L. Leal; title: Public opinion in the states: determinants of legislative job performance / by John A. Hamman; title: The state economy, the national economy, and gubernatorial popularity / by Jeffrey E. Cohen and James D. King; title: Ideological cleavage, political competition, and policy making in the American states / by Charles J. Barrilleaux; title: The civil state: trust, polarization, and the quality of state government / by Eric M. Uslaner; title: Public opinion and policymaking in the culture wars: is there a connection between opinion and state policy on gay and lesbian issues? / by Donald Haider-Markel and Matthew S. Kaufman; title: Citizen influences on state policy priorities: the interplay of public opinion and interest groups / by Saundra K. Schneider and William G. Jacoby; title: State level opinions from national surveys: post-stratification using multilevel logistic regression / David K. Park, Andrew Gelman, and Joseph Bafumi; title: Public opinion in the states: a quarter century of change and stability / by Robert Erikson, Gerald Wright, and John McIver; title: Conclusions: where we have been, where should we go" / by Jeffrey E. Cohen.