TY - BOOK
T1 - Polls and Politics : the Dilemmas of Democracy
AU - Genovese, Michael A.
AU - Streb, Matthew J.
N1 - pGenovese, Michael A. and Matthew J. Streb, eds. 2004.em Polls and Politics : the Dilemmas of Democracy/em. Albany : State University of New York Press./p
PY - 2004
Y1 - 2004
N2 - This hard-hitting and engaging examination of polls and American politics asks an essential question: do polls contribute to the vitality of our democracy or are they undermining the health of our political system? leading scholars address several key issues such as how various types of polls affect democracy, the meaning attributed to polling data by citizens and the media, the use of polls by presidents, and ow political elites respond--or do not respond--to public polls. the contributors assert that while polls treat z fine line between informing and manipulating the public, they remain valuable so long as a robust democracy obliges its political leaders to respond to the expressed will of the people.
AB - This hard-hitting and engaging examination of polls and American politics asks an essential question: do polls contribute to the vitality of our democracy or are they undermining the health of our political system? leading scholars address several key issues such as how various types of polls affect democracy, the meaning attributed to polling data by citizens and the media, the use of polls by presidents, and ow political elites respond--or do not respond--to public polls. the contributors assert that while polls treat z fine line between informing and manipulating the public, they remain valuable so long as a robust democracy obliges its political leaders to respond to the expressed will of the people.
UR - https://digitalcommons.lmu.edu/poli_fac/37
M3 - Book
BT - Polls and Politics : the Dilemmas of Democracy
PB - State University of New York Press
ER -