Presidential Responsiveness to Public Opinion

The Oxford Handbook of the American Presidency

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages

  Druckman, James N ^a   Jacobs, Lawrence R ^b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Citizens; Policy preferences; Presidential representation; Presidential responsiveness; Public opinion

Indexed keywords

EID: 84923803552     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199238859.003.0008     Document Type: Chapter

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