Mandate politics
This work examines how elections get called mandates, how elected officials respond to these claims, and how public policy changes as a result. Whether or not an election really does carry a message from the electorate, the media and the Washington community sometimes declare an election to be a mandate for a general change in the direction of public policy.
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- Full title :Mandate politics / Lawrence J. Grossback, David A.M. Peterson, James A. Stimson.
Summary
This work examines how elections get called mandates, how elected officials respond to these claims, and how public policy changes as a result. Whether or not an election really does carry a message from the electorate, the media and the Washington community sometimes declare an election to be a mandate for a general change in the direction of public policy.
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- Publication Date:2006.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Cambridge University Press
- Place of Publication:Cambridge
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2006.
The Physical Object
- Description:1 online resource (xvi, 208 pages) : : illustrations
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:0521866545, 9780521866545, 0511246455, 9780511246456, 9780511247149, 0511247141, 0511244983, 9780511244988, 0511245750, 9780511245756, 9780511510618, 0511510616, 9786610703777, 6610703779, 1107170389, 9781107170384, 1280703776, 9781280703775, 0511318634, 9780511318634, 9781107407138, 1107407133
- oclc:ocn213380256
- LC Classification:JK468.P64
- Dewey Decimal:324.973
Table of Contents
Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1 A Single Time in a Single Place; 2 The Evolution of Mandates; 3 Members of Congress Respond; 4 The Pattern of Congressional Response; 5 Consequences; 6 The Irresistible Meets the Unmovable; 7 Conclusion: A Mandate View of Normal American Politics; Bibliography; Index.
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