ISBN:
0226644804
,
9780226644806
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (xvi, 489 pages)
Series Statement:
American politics and political economy
DDC:
303.3/8/0973
Keywords:
Geschichte 1939-1990
;
1900 - 1999
;
Geschichte 1900-2000
;
Geschichte 1939-1990
;
Social Science
;
SOCIAL SCIENCE / General
;
Public opinion
;
Publieke opinie
;
Kiesgedrag
;
Politik
;
Öffentliche Meinung
;
Trend
;
Geschichte
;
Public opinion History 20th century
;
Politik
;
Trend
;
Öffentliche Meinung
;
USA
;
USA
;
USA
;
Politik
;
Öffentliche Meinung
;
Trend
;
USA
;
Öffentliche Meinung
;
Politik
;
Geschichte 1939-1990
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 441-466) and index
,
Rational public opinion -- The myth of capricious change -- Opinions about social issues -- Economic welfare -- Foreign policy: World War II and the Cold War / coauthored by John M. Gillroy -- Vietnam, Detente, and the New Cold War / coauthored by John M. Gillroy -- Parallel publics -- The causes of collective opinion change -- Education and manipulation of public opinion -- Democracy, information, and the rational public
,
This monumental study is a comprehensive critical survey of the policy preferences of the American public, and will be the definitive work on American public opinion for some time to come. Drawing on an enormous body of public opinion data, Benjamin I. Page and Robert Y. Shapiro provide the richest available portrait of the political views of Americans, from the 1930's to 1990. They not only cover all types of domestic and foreign policy issues, but also consider how opinions vary by age, gender, race, region, and the like. The authors unequivocally demonstrate that, notwithstanding fluctuatio
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