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Author Jacobs, Lawrence R.

Title Politicians don't pander : political manipulation and the loss of democratic responsiveness / Lawrence R. Jacobs, Robert Y. Shapiro.

Imprint Chicago, IL. : University of Chicago Press, 2000.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe 3rd Floor Stacks  324 J153p 2000    ---  Available
Description xxii, 425 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Series Studies in communication, media, and public opinion
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. [387]-411) and index.
Contents The myth of pandering and theories of political motivation -- Crafted talk and the loss of democratic responsiveness -- The New Democrats and the crafting of public opinion -- Storming the bully pulpit -- Political cycles of press coverage -- Loud messages, loud voices -- Talking heads, cautious citizens -- Dissolution of the Republican Revolution -- Dilemmas of democracy -- Disrupting the cycle.
Subject Political planning.
Public opinion.
Representative government and representation.
Political leadership.
Politicians.
Added Author Shapiro, Robert Y., 1953-
ISBN 0226389820 (cloth : alk paper)
0226389839 (pbk. : alk. paper)

 
    
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