Public opinion and policymaking in the states: the case of post-Roe abortion policy.
Whether public opinion should be expected to play a role in the shaping of abortion legislation in the states is a debatable question. Representation is a difficult task, especially if legislators receive mixed cues from the public, activists, and the political parties. In this study, we find that g...
| Publicado en: | Policy Studies Journal Vol. 27; no. 4; pp. 707 - 723 |
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Wiley-Blackwell
1999
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