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Public Opinion and Democratic Accountability: How Citizens Learn about Politics
Vincent L. Hutchings
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Description for Public Opinion and Democratic Accountability: How Citizens Learn about Politics
Paperback. Shows that, under the right political conditions, voters are well informed on the issues that they care about and use their knowledge to hold politicians accountable. This book finds that the media - while far from ideal - do provide the populace with information regarding the responsiveness of elected representatives. Num Pages: 192 pages, 16 line illus. 38 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPH; JPVK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 11. Weight in Grams: 28.
Much of public opinion research over the past several decades suggests that the American voters are woefully uninformed about politics and thus unable to fulfill their democratic obligations. Arguing that this perception is faulty, Vincent Hutchings shows that, under the right political conditions, voters are surprisingly well informed on the issues that they care about and use their knowledge to hold politicians accountable. Though Hutchings is not the first political scientist to contend that the American public is more politically engaged than it is often given credit for, previous scholarship--which has typically examined individual and environmental factors in isolation--has produced ... Read more
Much of public opinion research over the past several decades suggests that the American voters are woefully uninformed about politics and thus unable to fulfill their democratic obligations. Arguing that this perception is faulty, Vincent Hutchings shows that, under the right political conditions, voters are surprisingly well informed on the issues that they care about and use their knowledge to hold politicians accountable. Though Hutchings is not the first political scientist to contend that the American public is more politically engaged than it is often given credit for, previous scholarship--which has typically examined individual and environmental factors in isolation--has produced ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
Number of Pages
192
Place of Publication
New Jersey, United States
ISBN
9780691123790
SKU
V9780691123790
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About Vincent L. Hutchings
Vincent L. Hutchings is Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Michigan, where he is also Faculty Associate at the Center for Political Studies of the Institute for Social Research. His work has appeared in "American Sociological Review, American Political Science Review, Journal of Politics, Political Communication, Public Opinion Quarterly, Journal of Communication", and "Legislative Studies" Quarterly.
Reviews for Public Opinion and Democratic Accountability: How Citizens Learn about Politics
"This is a well argued and nicely written work that presents the findings in a nontechnical fashion, and it also offers technical appendices for interested readers."
Lawrence J. Grossback, Perspectives on Political Science "[This book] will be widely read, and future research on democratic accountability will need to take both Hutchings' arguments and his empirical evidence into account... [A] first-rate examination ... Read more
Lawrence J. Grossback, Perspectives on Political Science "[This book] will be widely read, and future research on democratic accountability will need to take both Hutchings' arguments and his empirical evidence into account... [A] first-rate examination ... Read more