From Tea Leaves to Opinion Polls: A Theory of Democratic Leadership

Capa
Columbia University Press, 1996 - 225 páginas

The first in-depth analysis of the link between politicians' behavior and opinion polls. Exploring political action within a broad historical context, the book develops a theory to show how the behavior of politicians, and the unfolding of political change, have been irrevocably altered since the advent of opinion polling in the 1930s.

 

Índice

A Theory
16
Information and Opinion Polls
48
Marshalling a bit of Evidence
70
The Changing Prospects for Leadership
95
The Changing Characteristics of Democratic Politicians
121
Political Change
142
References
199
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