Citizens, courts, and confirmations [electronic resource] : positivity theory and the judgments of the American people / James L. Gibson and Gregory A. Caldeira.

By: Gibson, James L, 1951-Contributor(s): Caldeira, Gregory A | ProQuest (Firm)Material type: TextTextPublication details: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c2009Description: xiv, 178 p. : illSubject(s): Alito, Samuel A., 1950- | United States. Supreme Court -- Officials and employees -- Selection and appointment | Judges -- Selection and appointment -- United States | Public opinion -- United StatesGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 347.73/14092 LOC classification: KF8776 | .G53 2009Online resources: Click to View
Contents:
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.
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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.

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