Presidential Mandates - How Elections Shape the National Agenda

Summary

In this volume, the author argues that mandates are not mere statements of fact about the preferences of voters. By examining election outcomes from the viewpoints of the politicians, Conley uncovers the inferences and strategies that translate those outcomes into the national policy agenda.

Product details

• Authors: Patricia Heidotting Conley
• Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.06.2001
• EAN: 9780226114842
• ISBN: 978-0-226-11484-2
• No. of pages: 184
• Dimensions: 22 mm x 15 mm x 2 mm
• Weight: 312 g
• Series: American Politics and Political Economy Series
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political theories and the history of ideas