Cuprins
List of Tables and Figures
Preface
1. Polling and the Dilemmas of Democracy
Matthew J. Streb and Michael A. Genovese
2. Presidents, Polls, and the Paradox of Democratic Governance
Michael A. Genovese
3. Presidential Leadership and the Threat to Popular Sovereignty
Lawrence R. Jacobs and Melinda S. Jackson
4. Continuing to Campaign: Public Opinion and the White House
Diane J. Heith
5. Do Polls Give the Public a Voice in a Democracy?
Michael W. Traugott
6. When Push Comes to Shove: Push Polling and the Manipulation of Public Opinion
Matthew J. Streb and Susan H. Pinkus
7. Are Exit Polls Bad for Democracy?
Gerald C. Wright
8. Deliberative Polling, Public Opinion, and Democratic Theory
James S. Fishkin
9. Polling in a Robust Democracy
Michael A. Genovese and Matthew J. Streb
References
List of Contributors
Index
Despre autor
Michael A. Genovese is Loyola Chair of Leadership Studies and Professor of Political Science at Loyola Marymount University. He is the author of many books, includingThe Power of the American Presidency: 1789–2000 and
The Presidential Dilemma: Leadership in the American System.
Matthew J. Streb is Assistant Professor of Political Science at Loyola Marymount University and the author of
The New Electoral Politics of Race.