The presidential expectations gap : public attitudes concerning the presidency /

"For decades, public expectations of U.S. presidents have become increasingly excessive and unreasonable. Despite much anecdotal evidence, few scholars have attempted to test the expectations gap thesis empirically. This is the first systematic study to prove the existence of the expectations g...

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Autore principale: Waterman, Richard W.
Altri autori: Silva, Carol L., Jenkins-Smith, Hank C.
Natura: Licensed eBooks
Lingua:inglese
Pubblicazione: Ann Arbor : The University of Michigan Press 2014.
Accesso online:https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.3998/mpub.5470718
Sommario:
  • The Role of Public Expectations
  • Public Expectations in a Historical Perspective
  • Comparing Incumbent and Retrospective Evaluations of Presidential Performance
  • Analyzing Public Expectations
  • Testing the Expectations Gap Thesis: The Presidency of Bill Clinton
  • The Economy, Ethical Standards, and Partisanship
  • Presidential Scandal and the Expectations Gap: "Why Did Clinton Survive the Impeachment Crisis?
  • George W. Bush: War and the Economy
  • Barack Obama: The Candidate/Incumbent Expectations Gap
  • Micro and Macro-Level Models of the Expectations Gap
  • The Expectations Gap in a Broader Theoretical Context.