[PDF] The Mediating Effect Of Public Opinion On Public Policy eBook

Author : Richard E. Chard
Publisher : State University of New York Press
Page : 190 pages
File Size : 47,59 MB
Release : 2012-02-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0791485250

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Using health care policy to develop a theory of how public opinion influences public policy outcomes, Richard E. Chard draws on data ranging from presidential approval ratings to polls conducted during the debate over the Health Security Act. Over the last five decades the relationship has been a complex one, yet there are clear indications that health care policy development has been controlled to a great extent by public opinion. Chard argues that policy change is either static or dynamic because public opinion, the underlying force, is itself dynamic at times and static at others, and concludes that this model of change is applicable to all policy areas, not just health care.

Author : Glen Krutz
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,18 MB
Release : 2023-05-12
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ISBN : 9781738998470

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Black & white print. American Government 3e aligns with the topics and objectives of many government courses. Faculty involved in the project have endeavored to make government workings, issues, debates, and impacts meaningful and memorable to students while maintaining the conceptual coverage and rigor inherent in the subject. With this objective in mind, the content of this textbook has been developed and arranged to provide a logical progression from the fundamental principles of institutional design at the founding, to avenues of political participation, to thorough coverage of the political structures that constitute American government. The book builds upon what students have already learned and emphasizes connections between topics as well as between theory and applications. The goal of each section is to enable students not just to recognize concepts, but to work with them in ways that will be useful in later courses, future careers, and as engaged citizens. In order to help students understand the ways that government, society, and individuals interconnect, the revision includes more examples and details regarding the lived experiences of diverse groups and communities within the United States. The authors and reviewers sought to strike a balance between confronting the negative and harmful elements of American government, history, and current events, while demonstrating progress in overcoming them. In doing so, the approach seeks to provide instructors with ample opportunities to open discussions, extend and update concepts, and drive deeper engagement.

Author : Maxwell McCombs
Publisher : Polity
Page : 217 pages
File Size : 20,83 MB
Release : 2011-10-10
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 0745645186

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The daily news plays a major role in the continuously changing mix of thoughts, feelings and behavior that defines public opinion. The News & Public Opinion details these effects of the news media on the sequence of outcomes that collectively shape public opinion, beginning with initial attention to the various news media and their contents and extending to the effects of this exposure on the acquisition of information, formation of attitudes and opinions and to the consequences of all these elements for participation in public life. Sometimes called the hierarchy of media effects, this sequence of outcomes describes the communication process involved in the formation of public opinion. Although the media landscape is undergoing rapid change, key elements remain the same, and The News & Public Opinion emphasizes these basic principles of communication established over decades of empirical social science investigations into the impact of mass communication on public opinion. The primary audience for this book is students, both advanced undergraduates and graduate students, as well as members of the general public who want to understand the role of the news media in our civic life.

Author : Sigrid Koch-Baumgarten
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 45,47 MB
Release : 2010-02-25
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1135168024

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This book explores the extent and circumstances under which the media affects public policy; and whether the political impact of the media is confined to the public representation of politics or whether their influence goes further to also affect the substance of political decisions.

Author : Paul Burstein
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 249 pages
File Size : 40,83 MB
Release : 2014-01-20
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1107040205

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This book is the first to examine what influences Congress across the hundreds of issues it deals with, and produces some surprising conclusions.

Author : Robert S. Erikson
Publisher : Longman Publishing Group
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 14,9 MB
Release : 2003
Category : Public opinion
ISBN : 9780321127341

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Providing the most up-to-date, comprehensive, and readable treatment of public opinion and politics available, this text includes new material on Election 2000 and new examples from the latest NES survey. An in-depth analysis of public opinion, this text explores public opinion's origins in political socialization; the impact of the media on public opinion; the relevance of public opinion to democratic values; political trust and social capital; and the role of public opinion for elections, political parties, and interest groups. The Update Edition offers the most recent data and analysis of opinion on such contemporary issues as abortion, gun control, race relations, and health care, and continues to examine the relationship between public opinion and policy. American Public Opinion is unique in that it goes beyond a simple presentation of data, and includes critical analysis of the integral role public opinion plays in American democracy.