The Resource Americans, Congress, and democratic responsiveness : public evaluations of Congress and electoral consequences, David R. Jones and Monika L. McDermott
Americans, Congress, and democratic responsiveness : public evaluations of Congress and electoral consequences, David R. Jones and Monika L. McDermott
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- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (x, 221 pages)
- Contents
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- Responding to Congressional policy
- Failing pop quizzes but passing the test
- Evaluating Congress ideologically
- Voting the bums out
- Riding the electoral wave
- Responding to public evaluations
- Isbn
- 9781282761001
- Label
- Americans, Congress, and democratic responsiveness : public evaluations of Congress and electoral consequences
- Title
- Americans, Congress, and democratic responsiveness
- Title remainder
- public evaluations of Congress and electoral consequences
- Statement of responsibility
- David R. Jones and Monika L. McDermott
- Subject
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- Elections
- Electronic books
- Government - U.S
- Law, Politics & Government
- POLITICAL SCIENCE
- POLITICAL SCIENCE -- American Government | Legislative Branch
- POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government | Legislative Branch
- Political Institutions & Public Administration - U.S., Legislative Branch
- Public opinion
- Public opinion -- United States
- USA, Congress
- United States
- United States, Congress
- United States, Congress -- Elections
- United States, Congress -- Public opinion
- Voting
- Voting -- United States
- Öffentliche Meinung
- American Government / General
- Language
- eng
- Summary
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- Cataloging source
- N$T
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- 1968-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Jones, David R.
- Government publication
- government publication of a state province territory dependency etc
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- Language note
- English
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
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- dictionaries
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
- 1966-
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
- McDermott, Monika L.
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- United States
- United States
- United States
- USA
- Voting
- Public opinion
- POLITICAL SCIENCE
- POLITICAL SCIENCE
- Elections
- Public opinion
- Voting
- United States
- Öffentliche Meinung
- POLITICAL SCIENCE
- American Government / General
- Government - U.S
- Law, Politics & Government
- Political Institutions & Public Administration - U.S., Legislative Branch
- Summary expansion
- <div><div>"Jones and McDermott restore meaning to democratic responsibility by finding that public evaluations affect Congress. In contrast to the popular depiction of the representatives controlling the represented<br />rampant in the political science literature, Jones and McDermott show that the people are in control, determining not only the direction of policy in Congress, but also who stays, who retires, and who faces difficult reelection efforts. This book makes an important correction to our understanding of how Congress operates."<br />--Sean M. Theriault, University of Texas at Austin</div><div></div></div><div>Voters may not know the details of specific policies, but they have a general sense of how well Congress serves their own interests; and astute politicians pay attention to public approval ratings. When the majority party is unpopular, as during the 2008 election, both voters and politicians take a hand in reconfiguring the House and the Senate. Voters throw hard-line party members out of office while candidates who continue to run under the party banner distance themselves from party ideology. In this way, public approval directly affects policy shifts as well as turnovers at election time. Contrary to the common view of Congress as an insulated institution, Jones and McDermott argue that Congress is indeed responsive to the people of the United States.</div><div></div><div>David R. Jones is Professor of Political Science at Baruch College, City University of New York.</div><div></div><div>Monika L. McDermott is Associate Professor of Political Science at Fordham University.</div>
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- Americans, Congress, and democratic responsiveness : public evaluations of Congress and electoral consequences, David R. Jones and Monika L. McDermott
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- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-216) and index
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- Contents
- Responding to Congressional policy -- Failing pop quizzes but passing the test -- Evaluating Congress ideologically -- Voting the bums out -- Riding the electoral wave -- Responding to public evaluations
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- ocn671819517
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- 1 online resource (x, 221 pages)
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- online
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- 9781282761001
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- Americans, Congress, and democratic responsiveness : public evaluations of Congress and electoral consequences, David R. Jones and Monika L. McDermott
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-216) and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
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- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Responding to Congressional policy -- Failing pop quizzes but passing the test -- Evaluating Congress ideologically -- Voting the bums out -- Riding the electoral wave -- Responding to public evaluations
- Control code
- ocn671819517
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (x, 221 pages)
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9781282761001
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- unknown
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- computer
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- c
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- 22573/ctt1djcf8s
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
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- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)671819517
Subject
- Elections
- Electronic books
- Government - U.S
- Law, Politics & Government
- POLITICAL SCIENCE
- POLITICAL SCIENCE -- American Government | Legislative Branch
- POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government | Legislative Branch
- Political Institutions & Public Administration - U.S., Legislative Branch
- Public opinion
- Public opinion -- United States
- USA, Congress
- United States
- United States, Congress
- United States, Congress -- Elections
- United States, Congress -- Public opinion
- Voting
- Voting -- United States
- Öffentliche Meinung
- American Government / General
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