Presidential Responsiveness and Public Policy-Making : The Publics and the Policies That Presidents Choose.
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- 9780472024087
- JK516
Intro -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Public Expectations of the President and Presidential Policy-making Behavior -- 2. Presidential Leadership, Responsiveness, and the Agenda-setting Process: The President's Most Important Problem -- 3. The Substantive Content of Presidential Agendas -- 4. Presidential Responsiveness and Policy Formulation -- 5. Presidential Ideology and Public Opinion: A More Detailed Look -- 6. Policy Legitimation and Presidential Responsiveness to Public Opinion -- 7. Presidential Policy Decisions and Responsiveness to Public Opinion I: Eisenhower, Kennedy, and Nixon -- 8. Presidential Policy Decisions and Responsiveness to Public Opinion II: Reagan, Bush, and Clinton -- 9. Conclusions -- Appendixes -- Notes -- References -- Index.
Finds that presidents are responsive to the public in selecting issues to focus on, but pay less attention to public opinion when making a policy.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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