Dynamic Democracy: Public Opinion, Elections, and Policymaking in the American States

by Devin Caughey and Christopher Warshaw

A new perspective on policy responsiveness in American government.

Scholars of American politics have long been skeptical of ordinary citizens' capacity to influence, let alone control, their governments. Drawing on over eight decades of state-level evidence on public opinion, elections, and policymaking, Devin Caughey and Christopher Warshaw pose a powerful challenge to this pessimistic view. Their research reveals that although American...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226822206
• ISBN13: 9780226822204
• Release Date: November 2022
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 1.13 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"