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Presidential Responsiveness and Public Policy-Making : The Publics and the Policies That Presidents Choose.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, 1997Copyright date: ©1999Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (304 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780472024087
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Presidential Responsiveness and Public Policy-MakingLOC classification:
  • JK516
Online resources:
Contents:
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.
Summary: 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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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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