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Title: The Role of Public Preferences and Racial Sentiments in the Policy Process: A Study of Medicaid Generosity from 1988-2012

Citation Type: Dissertation/Thesis

Publication Year: 2017

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Abstract: This dissertation is composed of three distinct studies. Study 1 asks what type of 'public opinion' is most likely to influence policy. Studies arguing for a strong link between public opinion and policy outcomes have focused on purely political sentiments almost exclusively. These studies have neglected to account for research on racialized politics which suggests racial sentiments often play a key role in shaping policy outcomes. Yet as often as public opinion is implicated for policy outcomes, and as often as racial sentiments are implicated in public opinion, few studies have quantitatively assessed the link between racial factors and actual policy outcomes. The goal of the present study is to address this gap by analyzing the relative influence of liberal-conservative ideology, attitudes about the role of government, policy-specific preferences, and racial sentiments for Medicaid generosity in the U.S. states from 1988-2012. This study analyzes a unique dataset composed of MRP public opinion estimates, socio-structural measure, and Medicaid . . .

Url: https://diginole.lib.fsu.edu/islandora/object/fsu%3A513757

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Authors: Lanford, Daniel

Institution: Florida State University

Department: Sociology

Advisor: Tope, Daniel

Degree: PhD

Publisher Location: Tallahassee, Florida

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Topics: Other, Population Health and Health Systems

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