Citizens, courts, and confirmations [electronic resource] : positivity theory and the judgments of the American people / James L. Gibson and Gregory A. Caldeira.
Publication details: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c2009.Description: xiv, 178 p. : illISBN:- 9780691139876 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 0691139873 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 9780691139883
- 0691139881
- 347.73/14092 22
- KF8776 .G53 2009eb
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [163]-174) and index.
Introduction : the public and supreme court nominations -- Knowing about courts -- The popular legitimacy of the United States Supreme Court -- Institutional loyalty, positivity bias, and the Alito nomination -- A dynamic test of the positivity bias hypothesis -- Concluding thoughts, theory, and policy.
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.