{"product_id":"public-opinion-and-democratic-accountability-how-citizens-learn-about-politics-9780691123790","title":"Public Opinion and Democratic Accountability How","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eShows 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"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 of one of the discipline's most fundamental concerns.\"--Martin Gilens, Perspectives on Politics \"[T]he innovative use of attitudinal and contextual data makes this a very useful starting point for future research in the fields of public opinion and electoral behaviour.\"--Pat Lyons, Political Studies Review \"Vincent Hutchings's Public Opinion and Democratic Accountability offers an insightful and clever contribution to our thinking about a persistent paradox... [H]e provides an important supplement to existing scholarship that consists of two seemingly disparate components--and understanding of the general public as uninterested and uninformed about most political issues on the one hand, and research showing that politicians and candidates are remarkably responsive to public sentiment, on the other hand.\"--Michael Xenos,Public Opinion Quarterly\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eList of Figures vii  List of Tables ix  Preface xiii  One  Issue Importance, Political Context, and Democratic Responsiveness 1  Two  Local Press Coverage of Congressional Roll Call Votes 18  Three  Context, Motivation, and Selective Attentiveness to the Clarence Thomas Confirmation Vote 35  Four  Perceptions of Issue Importance and Campaign Attentiveness 54  Five  Priming Issues during Senate Campaigns 75  Six  Issue Importance, Campaign Context, and Perceptions of Candidate Distinctiveness in Gubernatorial Elections 95  Seven  Issue Importance, Campaign Context, and Political Participation 117  Eight  The Role of Public Opinioninthe Democratic Process 131  Notes 143  References 155  Index 165","brand":"Princeton University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49403739341143,"sku":"9780691123790","price":31.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780691123790.jpg?v=1730484407","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/public-opinion-and-democratic-accountability-how-citizens-learn-about-politics-9780691123790","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}