Public Opinion and Democratic Accountability
Subtitle: How Citizens Learn about Politics
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: July 2, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 192
ISBN-13: 9780691114163
Subjects: Political structure & processes; Public opinion & polls; Politics / Current Events; Political Process - General; Political Science; Politics/International Relations; USA; Civics & Citizenship; Government - U.S. Government; Political Science / Practical Politics; Political Science and International Relations; Democracy; Political participation; Public opinion; United States
First sentence: ARGUABLY the most important issue facing the country in 1968 was the war in Vietnam.
Description: "Much of public opinion research over the past several decades suggests that the American voters are woefully uninformed about politics and thus unable to fulfill their democratic obligations. Arguing that this perception is faulty, Vincent Hutchings shows that, under the right political conditions, voters are surprisingly well informed on the issues that they care about and use their knowledge to hold politicians accountable."--Jacket.