Mandate Politics

Klappentext This 2006 work examines how elections get called mandates, how elected officials respond to these claims, and how public policy changes as a result. Zusammenfassung This 2006 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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. Normal American politics.

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• Authors: Lawrence J. Grossback, Lawrence J. Peterson Grossback, Grossback Lawrence J., David A. M. Peterson, James A. Stimson, Stimson James A.
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 13.09.2012
• EAN: 9781107407138
• ISBN: 978-1-107-40713-8
• No. of pages: 228
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Media Studies, POLITICAL SCIENCE / General, Politics & government, Regional Studies, United States of America, USA, Politics and government, The Americas, Elections & referenda