What should the place of government be in the life of the nation?
If you turn to the public for an answer to this question, you
confront a paradox. What people say about government as a general
matter is often at odds with what they actually want it to do. This
is seen most often when people say government is doing too many
things and at the same time want its activities in a host of areas
continued, if not expanded.
Based on a specially-designed national public opinion survey,
this book explores the paradox and the difference it makes.
Ambivalence about government affects which voices get heard in our
politics -- and which do not. It bears on the parties people
support, whether they vote, and how they vote. Those who send mixed
signals about government can tip the balance in elections and are
key to coalitions of support on issues between elections.
The analyses presented here go beyond the give and take of the
current scene to shed important light on the nature of public
opinion itself. The authors show that ambivalence about government
is an identifiable and enduring feature of American public
opinion.
"This book takes a seeming contradiction as its starting point
and demonstrates that there is considerable coherence to what
others have dismissed as noise. It offers fresh insight into public
opinion, as well as holding considerable implications for the
effective conduct of government and successful political
leadership." -- Arthur H. Miller, The University of Iowa
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