Evaluating Policy Mood Measures in the American States

Jeffrey J. J. Harden; Julianna Pacheco; Gerald C. C. Wright

doi:10.1017/spq.2022.23

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Evaluating Policy Mood Measures in the American States

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Evaluating Policy Mood Measures in the American States

Jeffrey J. J. Harden, Julianna Pacheco and Gerald C. C. Wright

State politics & policy quarterly, Vol.23(4), pp.341-346

12/2023

DOI: 10.1017/spq.2022.23

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Abstract

The scholarly exchange over approaches to measuring public preferences in the American states dates back several years. This introduction to the debate attempts to provide broad perspective on how scholars have conceptualized and measured policy mood among state mass publics in the past and the implications of those choices for theoretical and empirical questions in state politics. We frame the discussion around two questions: (1) what is the concept to be measured? and (2) how does the concept fit with the research question? We conclude with some insight on the future of the debate and its implications for state politics research.

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Title: Subtitle: Evaluating Policy Mood Measures in the American States
Creators: Jeffrey J. J. Harden - University of Notre Dame
Julianna Pacheco - Univ Iowa, Dept Polit Sci, Iowa City, IA USA
Gerald C. C. Wright - Indiana University
Resource Type: Journal article
Publication Details: State politics & policy quarterly, Vol.23(4), pp.341-346
DOI: 10.1017/spq.2022.23
ISSN: 1532-4400
eISSN: 1946-1607
Publisher: Cambridge Univ Press
Number of pages: 6
Language: English
Electronic publication date: 11/21/2022
Date published: 12/2023
Academic Unit: Center for Social Science Innovation; Public Policy Center (Archive); Political Science
Record Identifier: 9984327059002771

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