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The uses and abuses of presidential ratings / Meena Bose and Mark Landis, editors.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Presidents--United States--Public opinion.
- Presidents.
- Public opinion--United States.
- Public opinion.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 127 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Nova Science Publishers, [2003]
- Contents:
- Chapter 1 Presidential Ratings: Lessons and Liabilities / Meena Bose 3
- Part I. How Does the Public Evaluate Presidents? 25
- Chapter 2 Ranking the Presidents: Continuity and Volatility / James P. Pfiffner 27
- Chapter 3 Evaluating the President: The Public's Perspective through the Prism of Pollsters / Stephen J. Wayne 43
- Part II. How Does Political Partisanship Influence Presidential Ratings? 51
- Chapter 4 Presidents and Significance: Partisanship as a Source of Perceived Greatness / Tim H. Blessing 53
- Chapter 5 Partisan Biases in Presidential Ratings: Ulysses, Woodrow and Calvin... 'We Hardly Knew Ye' / Alvin S. Felzenberg 67
- Chapter 6 Reflections of a Presidency Rater / Richard M. Pious 81
- Part III. Rating the Presidents: Purpose, Criteria, Consequences 91
- Chapter 8 Of Pantheons, Rankings and Reputations / Mark Landis 107.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1590337948
- OCLC:
- 52575438
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