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# Read ! On Deaf Ears: The Limits of the Bully Pulpit by George C. Edwards III ✓ eBook or Kindle ePUB. On Deaf Ears: The Limits of the Bully Pulpit "Fascinating Topic" according to James R. Maclean. When the president addresses the nation, is he able to persuade? According to Edwards, the answer is, "No."Edwards uses poll data; he includes a study of numerous presidential initiatives that were accompanied at the time by poll data on public opinions. Hence, he compares presidential approval ratings from before a speech to those taken after the speech; opinions on a national issue over time, accompanied by presidential campaigns on that issue
| Title | : | On Deaf Ears: The Limits of the Bully Pulpit |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.62 (746 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0300115814 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 320 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-06-08 |
| Language | : | English |
What Edwards finds in this remarkable book is that the truism isn't true, that presidents - even those at the top of their form - persistently fail to move public sentiment in preferred directions." James A. Neustadt, author of Presidential Power "Theoretically rich and methodologically rigorous an instant classic that belongs on every syllabus in courses about the American presidency." Costas Panagopoulos, Public Opinion Quarterly" . Stimson, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill "Every serious scholar and student of American politics should read thi
"Fascinating Topic" according to James R. Maclean. When the president addresses the nation, is he able to persuade? According to Edwards, the answer is, "No."Edwards uses poll data; he includes a study of numerous presidential initiatives that were accompanied at the time by poll data on public opinions. Hence, he compares presidential approval ratings from before a speech to those taken after the speech; opinions on a national issue over time, accompanied by presidential campaigns on that issue; a. "Great Political Science research" according to Phillip J. Ardoin. This book represents a wonderful work of political science. I use it in my graduate seminar on the Presidency. Edwards uses solid empirical evidence from the Reagan and Clinton Presidencies to solidly dismiss the conventional wisdom which suggests the powers of the bully pulpit provide the President with substantial power. For a more contemporary and light version of this same argument I would suggests Edwards other work, Governing by Campaigning.
He is also the author of At the Margins: Presidential Leadership of Congress and Why the Electoral College is Bad for America, both published by Yale University Press. . Edwards III is Distinguished Professor and the Jordan Chair in Presidential Studies, Texas A & M University. George C
Neustadt, author of Presidential Power. Shapiro, Columbia University "Edwards has done it again! A bold, direct, convincing challenge to 30 years of literature."-Richard E. The typical legislative strategy for recent presidents has been to move Congress by winning public support. George Edwards analyzes hundreds of public opinion polls and finds that this strategy usually fails. He explains why presidents are frequently unable to move public opinion and suggests they use other means to achieve legislative success."That presidents use the bully pulpit’ to exert influence in Washington is a truism of American Politics. What Edwards finds in this remarkable book is that the truism isn’t true, that presidentseven those at the top of their formpersistently fail to move public sentiment in preferred directions."James A. Stimson, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill"Every serious scholar and student of American politics should read this book."Robert Y
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