| Document Type
|
:
|
BL
|
| Record Number
|
:
|
1042375
|
| Doc. No
|
:
|
b796745
|
| Main Entry
|
:
|
Soroka, Stuart Neil,1970-
|
| Title & Author
|
:
|
Degrees of democracy : : politics, public opinion, and policy /\ Stuart N. Soroka, Christopher Wlezien.
|
| Publication Statement
|
:
|
Cambridge ;New York :: Cambridge University Press,, 2010.
|
| Page. NO
|
:
|
1 online resource (x, 241 pages) :: illustrations
|
| ISBN
|
:
|
0511655959
|
|
|
:
|
: 0511656807
|
|
|
:
|
: 0511658664
|
|
|
:
|
: 0511804903
|
|
|
:
|
: 9780511655951
|
|
|
:
|
: 9780511656804
|
|
|
:
|
: 9780511658662
|
|
|
:
|
: 9780511804908
|
|
|
:
|
0521687896
|
|
|
:
|
0521868335
|
|
|
:
|
9780521687898
|
|
|
:
|
9780521868334
|
| Bibliographies/Indexes
|
:
|
Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-237) and index.
|
| Contents
|
:
|
Public opinion and policy in representative democracy -- The thermostatic model -- Adding issues and institutions -- Public preferences and spending, a preliminary analysis -- Parameters of public responsiveness -- Public responsiveness explored -- Policy representation -- Disaggregating public responsiveness -- Degrees of democracy.
|
| Abstract
|
:
|
This book develops and tests a 'thermostatic' model of public opinion and policy and examines both responsiveness and representation across a range of policy domains in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Canada, concluding that representative democratic government functions surprisingly well.
|
| Subject
|
:
|
Policy sciences.
|
| Subject
|
:
|
Political planning.
|
| Subject
|
:
|
Public opinion.
|
| Subject
|
:
|
Representative government and representation.
|
| Subject
|
:
|
Öffentliche Meinung
|
| Subject
|
:
|
Öffentliche Meinung.
|
| Subject
|
:
|
Policy sciences.
|
| Subject
|
:
|
Political planning.
|
| Subject
|
:
|
POLITICAL SCIENCE-- Public Policy-- General.
|
| Subject
|
:
|
Politische Planung
|
| Subject
|
:
|
Politische Planung.
|
| Subject
|
:
|
Public opinion.
|
| Subject
|
:
|
Repräsentative Demokratie
|
| Subject
|
:
|
Repräsentative Demokratie.
|
| Subject
|
:
|
Representative government and representation.
|
| Subject
|
:
|
Democratie.
|
| Subject
|
:
|
Politieke participatie.
|
| Subject
|
:
|
Publieke opinie.
|
| Subject
|
:
|
Representatie (politicologie)
|
| Subject
|
:
|
Canada.
|
| Subject
|
:
|
Verenigd Koninkrijk van Groot-Brittannië en Noord-Ierland.
|
| Subject
|
:
|
Verenigde Staten.
|
| Dewey Classification
|
:
|
320.6
|
| LC Classification
|
:
|
JF1525.P6S66 2010
|
| NLM classification
|
:
|
89.57bcl
|
|
|
:
|
ME 3700rvk
|
| Added Entry
|
:
|
Wlezien, Christopher.
|