The Resource American public opinion, advocacy, and policy in Congress : what the public wants and what it gets, Paul Burstein, University of Washington, (electronic resource)
American public opinion, advocacy, and policy in Congress : what the public wants and what it gets, Paul Burstein, University of Washington, (electronic resource)
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- Summary
- Between one election and the next, members of Congress introduce thousands of bills. What determines which become law? Is it the public? Do we have government 'of the people, by the people, for the people?' Or is it those who have the resources to organize and pressure government who get what they want? In the first study ever of a random sample of policy proposals, Paul Burstein finds that the public can get what it wants - but mainly on the few issues that attract its attention. Does this mean organized interests get what they want? Not necessarily - on most issues there is so little political activity that it hardly matters. Politics may be less of a battle between the public and organized interests than a struggle for attention. American society is so much more complex than it was when the Constitution was written that we may need to reconsider what it means, in fact, to be a democracy.--
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- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xiii, 233 pages)
- Contents
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- Machine generated contents note: 1. Introduction; 2. Policy change; 3. Public opinion; 4. Advocacy: how Americans try to influence Congress; 5. The impact of advocacy on congressional action; 6. Advocacy, information, and policy innovation; 7. Conclusions
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- 9781107040205
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- American public opinion, advocacy, and policy in Congress : what the public wants and what it gets
- Title
- American public opinion, advocacy, and policy in Congress
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- what the public wants and what it gets
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- Paul Burstein, University of Washington
- Title variation
- American Public Opinion, Advocacy, & Policy in Congress
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Between one election and the next, members of Congress introduce thousands of bills. What determines which become law? Is it the public? Do we have government 'of the people, by the people, for the people?' Or is it those who have the resources to organize and pressure government who get what they want? In the first study ever of a random sample of policy proposals, Paul Burstein finds that the public can get what it wants - but mainly on the few issues that attract its attention. Does this mean organized interests get what they want? Not necessarily - on most issues there is so little political activity that it hardly matters. Politics may be less of a battle between the public and organized interests than a struggle for attention. American society is so much more complex than it was when the Constitution was written that we may need to reconsider what it means, in fact, to be a democracy.--
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- Political participation
- Public opinion
- Lobbying
- Pressure groups
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- American public opinion, advocacy, and policy in Congress : what the public wants and what it gets, Paul Burstein, University of Washington, (electronic resource)
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- Machine generated contents note: 1. Introduction; 2. Policy change; 3. Public opinion; 4. Advocacy: how Americans try to influence Congress; 5. The impact of advocacy on congressional action; 6. Advocacy, information, and policy innovation; 7. Conclusions
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- Use of this electronic resource may be governed by a license agreement which restricts use to the European University Institute community. Each user is responsible for limiting use to individual, non-commercial purposes, without systematically downloading, distributing, or retaining substantial portions of information, provided that all copyright and other proprietary notices contained on the materials are retained. The use of software, including scripts, agents, or robots, is generally prohibited and may result in the loss of access to these resources for the entire European University Institute community
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- Machine generated contents note: 1. Introduction; 2. Policy change; 3. Public opinion; 4. Advocacy: how Americans try to influence Congress; 5. The impact of advocacy on congressional action; 6. Advocacy, information, and policy innovation; 7. Conclusions
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- CR9781139628723
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xiii, 233 pages)
- Form of item
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- Governing access note
- Use of this electronic resource may be governed by a license agreement which restricts use to the European University Institute community. Each user is responsible for limiting use to individual, non-commercial purposes, without systematically downloading, distributing, or retaining substantial portions of information, provided that all copyright and other proprietary notices contained on the materials are retained. The use of software, including scripts, agents, or robots, is generally prohibited and may result in the loss of access to these resources for the entire European University Institute community
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