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Combative Politics: The Media and Public Perceptions of Lawmaking
Mary Layton Atkinson
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Description for Combative Politics: The Media and Public Perceptions of Lawmaking
Paperback. Num Pages: 208 pages, 46 halftones, 24 line drawings, 32 tables. BIC Classification: JPH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152. .
From the Affordable Care Act to No Child Left Behind, politicians often face a puzzling problem: although most Americans support the aims and key provisions of these policies, they oppose the bills themselves. How can this be? Why does the American public so often reject policies that seem to offer them exactly what they want? By the time a bill is pushed through Congress or ultimately defeated, we've often been exposed to weeks, months even years of media coverage that underscores the unpopular process of policymaking, and Mary Layton Atkinson argues that this leads us to reject the bill itself. ... Read more
From the Affordable Care Act to No Child Left Behind, politicians often face a puzzling problem: although most Americans support the aims and key provisions of these policies, they oppose the bills themselves. How can this be? Why does the American public so often reject policies that seem to offer them exactly what they want? By the time a bill is pushed through Congress or ultimately defeated, we've often been exposed to weeks, months even years of media coverage that underscores the unpopular process of policymaking, and Mary Layton Atkinson argues that this leads us to reject the bill itself. ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Weight
28g
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780226441924
SKU
V9780226441924
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About Mary Layton Atkinson
Mary Layton Atkinson is assistant professor of political science at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte.
Reviews for Combative Politics: The Media and Public Perceptions of Lawmaking
This is a remarkable book
one of the few that jointly considers the lawmaking process, media coverage, and public opinion. The media focuses on the inherently conflictual process of lawmaking and policy debate, leading people to oppose legislation they might otherwise support. Coverage of the process leads to rejection of the outcome. Not only does the book accentuate how a ... Read more
one of the few that jointly considers the lawmaking process, media coverage, and public opinion. The media focuses on the inherently conflictual process of lawmaking and policy debate, leading people to oppose legislation they might otherwise support. Coverage of the process leads to rejection of the outcome. Not only does the book accentuate how a ... Read more