Polls and Politics: the Dilemmas of Democracy

Informationen zum Autor Michael A. Genovese is Loyola Chair of Leadership Studies and Professor of Political Science at Loyola Marymount University. He is the author of many books, including The Power of the American Presidency: 1789-2000 and The Presidential Dilemma: Leadership in the American System . Matthew J. Streb is Assistant Professor of Political Science at Loyola Marymount University and the author of The New Electoral Politics of Race . Klappentext This hard-hitting and engaging examination of polls and American politics asks an essential question: do polls contribute to the vitality of our democracy or are they undermining the health of our political system? leading scholars address several key issues such as how various types of polls affect democracy! the meaning attributed to polling data by citizens and the media! the use of polls by presidents! and ow political elites respond--or do not respond--to public polls. the contributors assert that while polls treat z fine line between informing and manipulating the public! they remain valuable so long as a robust democracy obliges its political leaders to respond to the expressed will of the people.

Product details

• Authors: Michael A Genovese, Matthew J Streb
• Assisted by: Michael A Genovese (Editor), Michael A. Genovese (Editor), Matthew J Streb (Editor), Matthew J. Streb (Editor)
• Publisher: State University of New York Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 20.05.2004
• EAN: 9780791460832
• ISBN: 978-0-7914-6083-2
• Dimensions: 160 mm x 235 mm x 16 mm
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Politisches System: Demokratie, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Democracy, LAW / Environmental, Politics / Current Events, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / Campaigns & Elections