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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      14 August 2009
      28 August 2006
      ISBN:
      9780511510618
      9780521866545
      9781107407138
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511510618
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.45kg, 228 Pages
      Dimensions:
      (229 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.34kg, 228 Pages
      • Subjects:
      Area Studies, Politics: General Interest, American Studies, American Government, Politics and Policy, Politics and International Relations
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    Area Studies, Politics: General Interest, American Studies, American Government, Politics and Policy, Politics and International Relations
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    Whether or not voters consciously use their votes to send messages about their preferences for public policy, the Washington community sometimes comes to believe that it has heard such a message. In this 2006 book the authors ask 'What then happens?' They focus on these perceived mandates - where they come from and how they alter the behaviors of members of Congress, the media, and voters. These events are rare. Only three elections in post-war America (1964, 1980 and 1994) were declared mandates by the media consensus. These declarations, however, had a profound if ephemeral impact on members of Congress. They altered the fundamental gridlock that prevents Congress from adopting major policy changes. The responses by members of Congress to these three elections are responsible for many of the defining policies of this era. Despite their infrequency, then, mandates are important to the face of public policy.

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    "This volume is thoroughly researched and methodologically creative, and it develops an interesting theory of political change. It should be of particular interest to congressional scholars and students of US electoral politics. Highly recommended."
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