Navigating Public Opinion

Author : Jeff Manza,Fay Lomax Cook,Benjamin I. Page
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 393 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2002-09-05
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780195348842

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Navigating Public Opinion by Jeff Manza,Fay Lomax Cook,Benjamin I. Page Pdf

Do politicians listen to the public? How often and when? Or are the views of the public manipulated or used strategically by political and economic elites? Navigating Public Opinion brings together leading scholars of American politics to assess and debate these questions. It describes how the relationship between opinion and policy has changed over time; how key political actors use public opinion to formulate domestic and foreign policy; and how new measurement techniques might improve our understanding of public opinion in contemporary polling and survey research. The distinguished contributors shed new light on several long-standing controversies over policy responsiveness to public opinion. Featuring a new analysis by Robert Erikson, Michael MacKuen, and James Stimson that builds from their pathbreaking work on how public mood moves policy in a macro-model of policymaking, the volume also includes several critiques of this model by Lawrence Jacobs and Robert Shapiro, another critique by G. William Domhoff, and a rejoinder by Erikson and his coauthors. Other highlights include discussions of how political elites, including state-level policymakers, presidents, and makers of foreign policy, use (or shape) public opinion; and analyses of new methods for measuring public opinion such as survey-based experiments, probabilistic polling methods, non-survey-based measures of public opinion, and the potential and limitations of Internet polls and surveys. Introductory and concluding essays provide useful background context and offer an authoritative summary of what is known about how public opinion influences public policy. A must-have for all students of American politics, public opinion, and polling, this state-of-the-art collection addresses issues that lie at the heart of democratic governance today.

Author : Jeff Manza,Fay Lomax Cook,Benjamin I. Page
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Science
ISBN : 0195149335

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Navigating Public Opinion by Jeff Manza,Fay Lomax Cook,Benjamin I. Page Pdf

Do politicians listen to the public? When? How often? Or are the views of the public manipulated and used strategically by elites? In this text, leading scholars of American politics assess and debate the impact of public opinion on policy making. Central issues include the changing relationship between opinion and policy over time, how key actors use public opinion to formulate domestic and foriegn policy and how measurment techniques might improve our understanding of the results of polls and survey research.

Author : Valdimer Orlando Key
Publisher : New York : Knopf
Page : 624 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 1961
Category : Public opinion
ISBN : UCAL:B4087160

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Public Opinion and American Democracy by Valdimer Orlando Key Pdf

Author : Adam J. Berinsky
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 404 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2015-12-21
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781317684190

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New Directions in Public Opinion by Adam J. Berinsky Pdf

The field of public opinion is one of the most diverse in political science. Over the last 60 years, scholars have drawn upon the disciplines of psychology, economics, sociology, and even biology to learn how ordinary people come to understand the complicated business of politics. But much of the path-breaking research in the field of public opinion is published in journals, taking up fairly narrow questions one at a time and often requiring advanced statistical knowledge to understand these findings. As a result, the study of public opinion can seem confusing and incoherent to undergraduates. To engage undergraduate students in this area, a new type of textbook is required. The second edition of New Directions in Public Opinion brings together leading scholars to provide an accessible and coherent overview of the current state of the field of public opinion. Each chapter provides a general overview of topics that are at the cutting edge of study as well as well-established cornerstones of the field. Each contributor has made substantive revisions to their chapters, and three chapters have been added on genetics and biology, immigration, and political extremism and the Tea Party. Suitable for use as a main textbook or in tandem with a lengthier survey, this book comprehensively covers the topics of public opinion research and pushes students further to explore critical topics in contemporary politics.

Author : Sherry Devereaux Ferguson
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2000-05-11
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 0761915311

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Researching the Public Opinion Environment by Sherry Devereaux Ferguson Pdf

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Author : Jeffrey L. McNairn
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 480 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2016-09-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781442639164

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The Capacity To Judge by Jeffrey L. McNairn Pdf

By the mid-nineteenth-century, 'public opinion' emerged as a new form of authority in Upper Canada. Contemporaries came to believe that the best answer to common questions arose from deliberation among private individuals. Older conceptions of government, sociability and the relationship between knowledge and power were jettisoned for a new image of Upper Canada as a deliberative democracy. The Capacity to Judge asks what made widespread public debate about common issues possible; why it came to be seen as desirable, even essential; and how it was integrated into Upper Canada's constitutional and social self-image. Drawing on an international body of literature indebted to Jürgen Habermas and based on extensive research in period newspapers, Jeffrey L. McNairn argues that voluntary associations and the press created a reading public capable of reasoning on matters of state, and that the dynamics of political conflict invested that public with final authority. He traces how contemporaries grappled with the consequences as they scrutinized parliamentary, republican and radical options for institutionalizing public opinion. The Capacity to Judge concludes with a case study of deliberative democracy in action that serves as a sustained defense of the type of intellectual history the book as a whole exemplifies.

Author : Cameron D. Anderson,Mathieu Turgeon
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2022-07-22
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781000600506

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Comparative Public Opinion by Cameron D. Anderson,Mathieu Turgeon Pdf

This book presents a comprehensive examination of public opinion in the democratic world. Built around chapters that highlight key explanatory frameworks used in understanding public opinion, the book presents a coherent study of the subject in a comparative perspective, emphasizing and interrogating immigration as a key issue of high concern to most mass publics in the democratic world. Key features of the book include: Covers several theoretical issues and determinants of opinion such as the effects of personality, age and life cycle, ideology, social class, partisanship, gender, religion, ethnicity, language, and media, highlighting over time the effects of political, social, and economic contexts. Each chapter explores the theoretical rationale, mechanisms of effect, and use in the scholarly literature on public opinion before applying these to the issue of immigration comparatively and in specific places or regions. Widely comparative using a nine-country sample (Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Portugal, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and the United States of America) in the analysis of individual-level determinants of public opinion about immigration and extending to other countries like Belgium, Brazil, and Japan when evaluating contextual factors. This edited volume will be essential reading for students, scholars, and practitioners interested in public opinion, political behaviour, voting behaviour, politics of the media, immigration, political communication, and, more generally, democracy and comparative politics.

Author : Robert S Erikson,Kent L. Tedin
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 395 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2015-10-23
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781317350392

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American Public Opinion by Robert S Erikson,Kent L. Tedin Pdf

Providing an in-depth analysis of public opinion, beginning with its origins in political socialization, the impact of the media, the extent and breadth of democratic values, and the role of public opinion in the electoral process, American Public Opinion goes beyond a simple presentation of data to include a critical analysis of the role of public opinion in American democracy.

Author : Irving Crespi
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 209 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2013-11-05
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781136684890

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The Public Opinion Process by Irving Crespi Pdf

What is public opinion? How can we best study it? This work presents a "process model" that answers these questions by defining public opinion in a way that also identifies an approach to studying it. The model serves as a framework into which the findings of empirical research are integrated, producing a comprehensive understanding of public opinion that encompasses the congeries of middle-range theories that have emerged from empirical research. The three-dimensional process model--and the way it is explicated--satisfies the diverse and sometimes divergent needs and interests of political scientists, sociologists, social psychologists, and communication specialists who study public opinion. This is achieved by clearly differentiating and interrelating the following: * individual opinions--the judgmental outcomes of a process in which attitudinal systems--comprised of beliefs, values/interests, and feelings--function as intervening variables that direct and structure perceptions of public issues; * collective opinions--the outcomes of communication from which mutual awareness emerges and that integrate separate individual opinions into a significant social force; and * political roles of collective and individual opinions--the outcomes of the extent to which collective and individual opinions have achieved legitimacy as the basis for governing a people. DON'T USE THIS PARAGRAPH FOR GENERAL CATALOGS... Each dimension of the model has its corresponding subprocess: transactions between individuals and their environments, communications among individuals and collectives, and political legitimation of public opinion. Since the process model is -- by definition -- interactional, none of the three dimensions has theoretical or sequential priority over the others. Instead of treating the psychological, political, and sociological aspects of public opinion as separate stages of an unidirectional process, the three aspects are modeled as dimensions of a complex, ongoing system in continuous interaction with each other. This conceptualization satisfies the need for a truly interdisciplinary theory in that it demands that each dimension be studied in terms of its defining sub-process. It also avoids the twin errors of reductionism and reification in the study of public opinion.

Author : Mary Layton Atkinson,K. Elizabeth Coggins,James A. Stimson,Frank R. Baumgartner
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 83 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2021-11-11
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781009100595

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Three Models of Opinion Dynamics by Mary Layton Atkinson,K. Elizabeth Coggins,James A. Stimson,Frank R. Baumgartner Pdf

This Element develops an explanation of how and why all public policy preferences move over time.

Author : Vincent Price
Publisher : SAGE Publications
Page : 123 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 1992-06-16
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781452246154

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Public Opinion by Vincent Price Pdf

What is perhaps most amazing about this little book is its comprehensiveness. In little more than a 100 pages, Price manages to discuss the relevance of ′public opinion′ to just about every major mass communication theory. . . . The reference list alone would be a valuable resource for anyone studying public opinion. . . . Price does a stellar job of explaining in easy-to-understand language what most of these references have to say about public opinion. . . . The two greatest contributions of the book are Price′s organization of the vast literature on public opinion, coupled with his distillation of major works, including some truly hefty tomes, into a few simple words. Those who have grappled with the thoughts of Habermas and Blumer, for example, will greatly appreciate Price′s succinct and insightful descriptions of the relevance of these difficult works to the study of public opinion. Another strong point is the book′s currency: while you will find references to works published in the 1920s, you also will find books, articles, and reports published in the 1990s. . . . If you are new to the study of public opinion and communication, this book is the most painless, yet valuable introduction I can recommend. If you think you already know a lot about public opinion, the book may be even more valuable: it may dispel you of the notion that anyone knows a lot about public opinion." --Journalism Quarterly Public opinion--is it a simple aggregation of individual views, or instead some kind of collective-level, emergent product of debate and discussion? What is the role of public opinion in popular government? How do the mass media shape public opinion, or link it to governmental decision-making? Price′s Public Opinion explores such questions by tracing the historical development and application of the concept of public opinion. It examines the concept′s origins in Enlightenment thought and follows its evolution as a tool for social-scientific research. Intended as a map of the sprawling research terrain, Public Opinion introduces the conceptual mechanisms underlying public opinion research and shows how these concepts are used in an attempt to resolve enduring theoretical, normative, and practical questions. Because public opinion is one of the most vital and enduring concepts in the social sciences, this book will enjoy wide application in psychology, sociology, political science, journalism, and communication research in both academic and applied settings.

Author : Carroll J. Glynn
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 265 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2018-09-03
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780429972881

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Public Opinion by Carroll J. Glynn Pdf

Public Opinion is a comprehensive and multidisciplinary examination of public opinion in the United States. Drawing on scholarship in political science, psychology, sociology, and communications, the authors explore the nature of political and social attitudes in the United States and how these attitudes are shaped by various institutions, with an emphasis on mass media. The book also serves as a provocative starting point for the discussion of citizen moods, political participation, and voting behavior. Feature boxes and illustrations throughout help students understand all aspects of the elusive phenomenon we call public opinion. The third edition has been thoroughly revised and updated to reflect how public opinion is studied today, and to incorporate current data and debates. The book now contains two revised and reframed theory chapters 'Group Membership and Public Opinion' and 'Public Opinion and Social Process', as well as new coverage of the influence of online and social media on public opinion, especially in issue opinions and campaigns.

Author : Maxwell McCombs
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 161 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2017-10-03
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781351226721

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Contemporary Public Opinion by Maxwell McCombs Pdf

This book discusses the public opinion process with a focus on the role that the news media play in shaping public opinion. Although heavily influenced by the agenda-setting perspective -- the view that the news media define the important issues of the day and determine how these issues are presented -- the authors neither support nor refute this claim. They present instead a variety of contemporary scholarship integrated into a coherent picture of public opinion for a general audience.

Author : Barbara Norrander,Clyde Wilcox
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2009-03-18
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781483304632

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Understanding Public Opinion by Barbara Norrander,Clyde Wilcox Pdf

Click here to preview a sample chapter! In this highly anticipated revision, editors Barbara Norrander and Clyde Wilcox expose students to the substance and process of public opinion research in an accessible way. Capturing the diversity of this research with 12 essays—10 new to this edition and 2 fully updated—well-respected contributors highlight the many approaches social scientists use to explore public opinion while citing actual research and teasing out the political implications of their findings. Understanding Public Opinion expands on important ideas that basic textbooks cover only briefly, such as public views of those on trial for terrorist acts, public attitudes in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, and the rise and fall of public support for George W. Bush. Part introductions provide important thematic context, and a statistics primer in the appendix offers students a handy reference. More relevant and thought-provoking than ever, Understanding Public Opinion is the ideal supplement for any public opinion course.

Author : Gary P. Freeman,Randall Hansen,David L. Leal
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 404 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780415519083

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Immigration and Public Opinion in Liberal Democracies by Gary P. Freeman,Randall Hansen,David L. Leal Pdf

Leading international experts and aspiring researchers from the fields of political science and sociology use a range of case studies from North America, Europe and Australia to guide the reader through the complexities of this debate offering an unprecedented comparative examination of public opinion and immigration.