Accountability reconsidered : voters, interests, and information in US policymaking / edited by Charles M. Cameron, Princeton University, Brandice Canes-Wrone, Stanford University, California, Sanford C. Gordon, New York University, Gregory A. Huber, Yale University, eds.

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English
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First Edition.
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  • New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2023.
  • ©2023
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xix, 374 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

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        Summary note
        "How does political accountability function in the contemporary United States? Leading experts provide insights into different parts of accountability relationships involving voters, interest groups, legislators, and government bureaucracy. In doing so, the volume considers how social media, political polarization, and increased wealth concentration affect accountability and policymaking"-- Provided by publisher.
        Bibliographic references
        Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
        Contents
        • 1. Candidate Evaluation and Selection
        • 2. The Media and the Informational Environment
        • 3. Policymaking, Information Provision, and Accountability
        • 4. Outside the Public Eye? Private Interests and Policymaking.
        • Part I: Candidate evaluation and selection
        • The importance of issue representation in a polarized congress / Joshua D. Clinton, Michael W. Sances, and Mary Catherine Sullivan
        • Can citizens assess policies based on programs’ costs and benefits? The role of yardsticks and contextual information in democratic accountability / Eric M. Patashnik, Patrick Tucker, and Alan S. Gerber
        • Logic with Polarized parties, changing media, and motivated reasoners / Patrick J. Egan and Markus Prior
        • Groups, parties, and policy demands in house nominations / Katthleen Bawn, Knox Brown, Angela X. Ocampo, Shawn Patterson, Jr., John L. Ray, and John Zaller
        • Part II: The media and the informational environment
        • Local newspapers and ideological accountability in US House elections / Brandice Canes-Wrone and Michael R. Kistner
        • Inequality, or invisibility in the contemporary media environment: Arguments, data, and methods / Gregory A. Huber and Patrick Tucker
        • Part III: Policymaking, information provision, and accountability
        • Coalition leadership in the polarized congress / Frances E. Lee
        • Fire alarms and democratic accountability / Charles M. Cameron and Sanford C. Gordon
        • Achieving accountability: Aligning institutions and behavior / John W. Patty
        • Part IV: Outside the public eye? Private interests and policymaking
        • Legislator advocacy on behalf of constituents and corporate donors: A case study of the federal energy regulatory commission / Eleanor Neff Powell, Devin Judge-Lord, and Justin Grimmer
        • Organized interests, policymaking, and congressional accountability / Lee Drutman
        • Administrative politics with clear stakes and venues: Strategic commenting upon federal reserve debit card regulations / Daniel Carpenter and Brian Libgober
        • Conclusion: Assessing contemporary accountability / Charles M. Cameron, Brandeis Canes-Wrone, Sanford C. Gordon, and Gregory Huber.
        Other title(s)
        Voters, interests, and information in United States policymaking
        ISBN
        • 9781009168328
        • 1009168320 ((hardback))
        • 9781009168304 ((paperback))
        • 1009168304 ((paperback))
        LCCN
        2022032961
        OCLC
        1346368018
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