Politicians Don't Pander
Political Manipulation and the Loss of Democratic Responsiveness
Cloth $65.00
ISBN: 9780226389820
Published May 2000
Paper $20.00
ISBN: 9780226389837
Published June 2000
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Preface and Acknowledgments
Part I. Political Motivations, the Public, and the Media
1. The Myth of Pandering and Theories of Political Motivation
2. Crafted Talk and the Loss of Democratic Responsiveness
Part II. Health Care Reform
3. The New Democrats and the Crafting of Public Opinion
4. Storming the Bully Pulpit
Part III. The Media, Public Opinion, and Health Care
5. Political Cycles of Press Coverage
6. Loud Messages, Loud Voices
7. Talking Heads, Cautious Citizens
Part IV. The Cycle of Crafted Talk
8. Dissolution of the Republican Revolution
9. Dilemmas of Democracy
10. Disrupting the Cycle
Appendixes
Notes
References and Additional Sources
Index
Awards
- The Goldsmith Book Prize
- APSA/Richard E. Neustadt Award
- ASA Section on Political Sociology Dist. Contrib. Schol
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