Arnold Congress, the Press, and Political Accountability

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ISBN: 978-1-4008-4958-1
Verlag: De Gruyter
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E-Book, Englisch, 288 Seiten

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Autoren/Hrsg.

Arnold, R. Douglas

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaften Medienwissenschaften Journalismus & Presse
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Tables and Figures ix

Acknowledgments xi

1. Legislators, Journalists, and Citizens 1

2. Explaining the Volume of Newspaper Coverage 29

3. How Newspapers Cover Legislators 64

4. Legislators as Position Takers 92

5. Legislators as Policy Makers 125

6. Legislators as Candidates 156

7. How Newspapers Differ 194

8. Effects of Newspaper Coverage on Citizens 221

9. The Press and Political Accountability 244

References 265

Index 273

Über Autor(innen)

R. Douglas Arnold is William Church Osborn Professor of Public Affairs and Professor of Politics at Princeton University. His books include The Logic of Congressional Action, which won the 1990 Fenno Prize for the best book in legislative studies, and Congress and the Bureaucracy.