| Description |
1 online resource (x, 241 pages) : illustrations |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-237) and index. |
| Contents |
Public opinion and policy in representative democracy -- The thermostatic model -- Adding issues and institutions -- Public preferences and spending, a preliminary analysis -- Parameters of public responsiveness -- Public responsiveness explored -- Policy representation -- Disaggregating public responsiveness -- Degrees of democracy. |
| Summary |
This book develops and tests a 'thermostatic' model of public opinion and policy and examines both responsiveness and representation across a range of policy domains in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Canada, concluding that representative democratic government functions surprisingly well. |
| Access |
Use copy Restrictions unspecified MiAaHDL |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2011. MiAaHDL |
| System Details |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
| Processing Action |
digitized 2011 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Political planning.
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Political planning. |
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Policy sciences.
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Policy sciences. |
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Public opinion.
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Public opinion. |
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Representative government and representation.
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Representative government and representation. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Wlezien, Christopher.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Soroka, Stuart Neil, 1970- Degrees of democracy. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2010 (DLC) 2009013068 (OCoLC)317574169 |
| ISBN |
9780511658662 (electronic book) |
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0511658664 (electronic book) |
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9780511804908 (electronic book) |
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0511804903 (electronic book) |
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9780511656804 |
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0511656807 |
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9780521868334 (hardback) |
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0521868335 (hardback) |
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9780521687898 (paperback) |
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0521687896 (paperback) |
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