Person

Martin Gilens

Political scientist; co-author, with Benjamin Page, of “Testing Theories of American Politics” (2014).

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The debate

What it disputes

Relative Policy Support and Coincidental Representation 2015
There simply is not enough coincidence of policy outcomes and middle-class preferences to justify the conclusion that middle-income Americans are likely to be satisfied with the policies their government adopts.1
As Peter Enns quotes his reply; Enns then answered it in the same exchange.

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Relative Policy Support and Coincidental Representation 2015 According to Martin Gilens Scholarship & press 1
As Peter Enns quotes his reply; Enns then answered it in the same exchange.

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Reconsidering the Middle: A Reply to Martin Gilens, Perspectives on Politics (Cambridge University Press), Dec 2015. Scholarship & press
There simply is not enough coincidence of policy outcomes and middle-class preferences to justify the conclusion that middle-income Americans are likely to be satisfied with the policies their government adopts.
Testing Theories of American Politics: Elites, Interest Groups, and Average Citizens, Perspectives on Politics (Cambridge University Press), Sep 2014. Scholarship & press
Martin Gilens and Benjamin I. Page

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