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03085aam a2200505 i 4500 001 F206F3FCD4E311E3810EC6B1DAD10320 003 SILO 005 20140506010127 008 130826t20142014nyud b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2013021177 020 $a 9781107684256 (paperback) 020 $a 1107684250 (paperback) 020 $a 1107040205 (hardback) 020 $a 9781107040205 (hardback) 035 $a (OCoLC)834961463 040 $a DLC $e rda $b eng $c DLC $d YDX $d YDXCP $d UKMGB $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us--- 050 00 $a JK1764 $b .B88 2014 082 00 $a 320.60973 $2 23 084 $a POL040000 $2 bisacsh 100 1 $a Burstein, Paul, $e author. 245 10 $a American public opinion, advocacy, and policy in Congress : $b what the public wants and what it gets / $c Paul Burstein, University of Washington. 264 1 $a New York, NY : $b Cambridge University Press, $c 2014. 300 $a xiii, 233 pages ; $c 22 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 520 $a "Between one election and the next, members of Congress introduce thousands of bills. What determines which become law? Is it the public? Do we have government "of the people, by the people, for the people?" Or is it those who have the resources to organize and pressure government who get what they want? In the first study ever of a random sample of policy proposals, Paul Burstein finds that the public can get what it wants - but mainly on the few issues that attract its attention. Does this mean organized interests get what they want? Not necessarily - on most issues there is so little political activity that it hardly matters. Politics may be less of a battle between the public and organized interests than a struggle for attention. American society is so much more complex than it was when the Constitution was written that we may need to reconsider what it means, in fact, to be a democracy"-- $c Provided by publisher. 505 8 $a Machine generated contents note: 1. Introduction; 2. Policy change; 3. Public opinion; 4. Advocacy: how Americans try to influence Congress; 5. The impact of advocacy on congressional action; 6. Advocacy, information, and policy innovation; 7. Conclusions. 650 7 $a POLITICAL SCIENCE / Government / General. $2 bisacsh 650 0 $a Political participation $z United States. 650 0 $a Public opinion $z United States. 650 0 $a Lobbying $z United States. 650 0 $a Pressure groups $z United States. 650 7 $a Lobbying. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01001123 650 7 $a Political participation. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01069386 650 7 $a Pressure groups. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01075954 650 7 $a Public opinion. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01082785 651 7 $a United States. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01204155 941 $a 5 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20191214015507.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20170907013251.0 952 $l SOAX911 $d 20151001051221.0 952 $l OIAX792 $d 20150210012343.0 952 $l UNUX074 $d 20140710013646.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=F206F3FCD4E311E3810EC6B1DAD10320Initiate Another SILO Locator Search