Public Opinion in State Politics

Public Opinion in State Politics
ISBN-10
0804767971
ISBN-13
9780804767972
Category
Political Science
Pages
304
Language
English
Published
2006-08-25
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Author
Jeffrey E. Cohen

Description

Since the Reagan presidency, more and more public policymaking authority has devolved to the states, a trend that the contributors to this volume argue is unlikely to abate soon. Public Opinion in State Politics is an innovative collection of recent research developed in response to signs of this growing importance of state politics. It updates and expands the previous work on public opinion and state politics, taking into account new data and methods, and drawing comparisons across states. The book is organized around three major themes: the conceptualization and measurement of public opinion in the states; explanations of variation in state public opinion; and the impact of public opinion on state politics and policy.

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