Who Governs? - Druckman, James N
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Democratic representation rests on the premise that elected officials respond to citizens opinions. . It is a premise, Druckman and Jacobs conclude, that is no longer accurate. Their ambitious book mines novel public opinion data from U.S. presidential archives to reveal a system of governance in the U.S. that is based instead on the lessening or even obstruction, of responsiveness to broad public opinion. Relying on the data and polls that presidents themselves commissioned and used, the authors show that presidents widen their latitude to make policy by largely ignoring the views of most…mehr

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Democratic representation rests on the premise that elected officials respond to citizens opinions. . It is a premise, Druckman and Jacobs conclude, that is no longer accurate. Their ambitious book mines novel public opinion data from U.S. presidential archives to reveal a system of governance in the U.S. that is based instead on the lessening or even obstruction, of responsiveness to broad public opinion. Relying on the data and polls that presidents themselves commissioned and used, the authors show that presidents widen their latitude to make policy by largely ignoring the views of most citizens on issues that are not salient, by influencing what issues are salient, and by priming the public to evaluate them on their perceived personality rather than policy issues. Melding archival and quantitative research with democratic theory, the authors pair their sobering analysis of American politics with a revitalized notion of representation that integrates citizen mobilization and elite completion."
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James N. Druckman is professor of political science at the University of Rochester.