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Author:
Braman, Eileen, author.
Title:
Constitutional powers and politics : how citizens think about authority and institutional change / Eileen Braman.
Publisher:
University of Virginia Press,
Copyright Date:
2023
Description:
xii, 243 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Subject:
United States.--Supreme Court
United States.--Supreme Court
Federal government--United States.
Legislative bodies--United States.
Constitutional law--United States--Public opinion.
Election law--United States.
Constitutional amendments--United States.
Political questions and judicial power--United States.
Politique et pouvoir judiciaire--Etats-Unis.
Constitutional amendments
Constitutional law
Election law
Federal government
Legislative bodies
Political questions and judicial power
United States
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-230) and index.
Contents:
Conceptualizing and studying perceptions of appropriate government authority and support for institutional change -- Exploring how people think about government action -- Assessing the credibility of constitutional experts -- Examining justifications for citizens' evaluations of legislative action on gun control and immigration -- Valuing institutions : the United States Supreme Court -- Electoral expectations and support for constitutional change -- Institutional prospects : exploring support for changes to the United States Supreme Court.
Summary:
"This book considers institutions such as the Supreme Court to learn how citizens' expectations of political gains and losses can shape their feelings about strategies and measures involving constitutional change"-- Provided by publisher.
Series:
Constitutionalism and democracy
ISBN:
0813950201
9780813950204
0813950198
9780813950198
OCLC:
(OCoLC)1381203699
LCCN:
2023024503
Locations:
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

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