Study guide 231- When the government enacts policies even though a majority
of Americans prefer the status quo, it serves as evidence
that.
a public opinion is irrelevant
b the policy-making process is complex
c politicians don’t listen to what their constituents want
d the government is not trustworthy
e public opinion is stable
Suggested Reading
Achen, Christopher H., and Larry M. Bartels. Democracy for Realists:
Why Elections Do Not Produce Responsive Government. Princeton, NJ:
Princeton University Press, 2016.
Alvarez, R. Michael, and John Brehm. Hard Choices, Easy Answers.
Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2002.
Campbell, David. Why We Vote: How Schools and Communities Shape
Our Civic Life. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2006.
Carmines, Edward G., and James A. Stimson. Issue Evolution: Race
and the Transformation of American Politics. Princeton, NJ:
Princeton University Press, 1990.
Delli Carpini, Michael X., and Scott Keeter. What Americans Know
about Politics and Why It Matters. New Haven, CT: Yale University
Press, 1997.Druckman, James N., and Lawrence P. Jacobs. Who Governs?
Presidents, Public Opinion, and Manipulation. Chicago:
University of Chicago Press, 2015.
Green, Donald P., Bradley Palmquist, and Eric Schickler. Partisan
Hearts and Minds. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2002.
Hetherington, Mark, and Thomas Rudolph. Why Washington Won’t
Work: Polarization, Political Trust, and the Governing Crisis.
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2015.
Hibbing, John R., and Elizabeth Theiss-Morse. Congress as Public
Enemy: Public Attitudes toward American Political Institutions.
New York: Cambridge University Press, 1995.
Jacobs, Lawrence R., and Robert Y. Shapiro. Politicians Don’t Pander:
Political Manipulation and the Loss of Democratic Responsiveness.
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2000.
Lodge, Milton, and Charles Taber. The Rationalizing Voter. New York:
Cambridge University Press, 2013.
Marcus, George E., John L. Sullivan, Elizabeth Theiss-Morse, and
Sandra L. Wood. With Malice toward Some: How People Make Civil
Liberties Judgments. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1995.
Peffley, Mark, and Jon Hurwitz. Justice in America: The Separate
Realities of Blacks and Whites. New York: Cambridge University
Press, 2010.
Zaller, John. The Nature and Origins of Mass Opinion. New York:
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