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List of Figures and Tables Preface Credits for Figures and Tables
CHAPTER 1 Public Opinion in Democratic Societies
1-1 Public Opinion and Government
1-2 Public Opinion Defined
1-3 The Evolution of the Public Opinion Poll
1-4 The Modern Public Opinion Poll and Its Political Consequences
1-5 Sources of Information on Public Opinion
1-6 Linkage Models Between Public Opinion and Public Policies
1-7 Plan of This Book
CHAPTER 2 Polling: The Scientific Assessment of Public Opinion
2-1 Sampling
2-2 Question Wording
2-3 The Misuse of Surveys
2-4 Interpreting Scientific Surveys
2-5 Conclusion
CHAPTER 3 Microlevel Opinion: The Psychology of Opinion-Holding
3-1 Political Attention and Opinion-Holding
3-2 Liberal-Conservative Ideology and the Organization of Opinions
3-3 Party Identification and the Organization of Political Opinions
CHAPTER 4 Macrolevel Opinion: The Flow of Political Sentiment
4-1 Trends in Policy Opinions
4-2 General Ideological Movement
4-3 General Partisan Movement
4-4 Presidential Approval
4-5 Conclusion: What Moves Public Opinion?
CHAPTER 5 Political Socialization and Political Learning
5-1 The Preadult Years: Socialization to Citizenship
5-2 The Agents of Preadult Socialization
5-3 Political Generations
5-4 The Persistence of Political Orientations
5-5 Conclusion
CHAPTER 6 Public Opinion and Democratic Stability
6-1 Support for Democratic Values
6-2 Political Consensus
6-3 Political Support: Trust and Efficacy
6-4 Personality and Public Opinion
6-5 Conclusion
CHAPTER 7 Group Differences in Political Opinions
7-1 Socioeconomic Class and Political Opinions
7-2 Race and Political Opinions
7-3 Age and Political Opinions
7-4 Religion and Political Opinions
7-5 Geography and Political Opinions
7-6 Gender and Political Opinions
7-7 Conclusion
CHAPTER 8 The Print and Broadcast Media and Political Opinions
8-1 The Mass Media and Their Political Content
8-2 Mass Media Influence on Public Opinion
8-3 Television and Election Campaigns
8-4 Conclusion
CHAPTER 9 Elections as Instruments of Popular Control
9-1 Political Campaigns and the Voter
9-2 Policy Issues and Voters
9-3 Explaining Election Outcomes
9-4 Conclusion
CHAPTER 10 The Public and Its Elected Representatives
10-1 Opinion Sharing Between Policymakers and the Public
10-2 Leadership Responsiveness to Public Opinion
10-3 How Elected Officials Learn Public Opinion
10-4 Do Elected Officials Need to Follow Public Opinion?
10-5 Conclusion
CHAPTER 11 Parties and Interest Groups: Mediating Institutions and Representation
11-1 Political Parties and Representation
11-2 Interest Groups and Representation
CHAPTER 12 Public Opinion and the Performance of Democracy
12-1 Assessing the Impact of Public Opinion on Policy
12-2 Interpreting the Public’s Role in Democracy
12-3 The Expansion of Political Participation
Appendix References Index
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Sharon Craig
reviewed American Public Opinion: Its Origins, Content, and Impact (Update Edition) on October 14, 2010 American Public Opinion
When I taught a graduate course in program evaluation, I used an earlier edition of this book. It served as a text very nicely. It explores such key issues, at the outset, as planning an evaluation, developing good measures of program performance, and ethical issues involved. Then, three key elements of evaluation--assessing need and planning programs and assessing if the program is being implemented as desired. Ultimately, evaluation is about assessing whether or not a program is having desirable (or undesirable) effects. Part III considers how one might go about that task. Finally, Part IV speaks of how one can apply finsings effectively.
All in all, a nice introduction to program evaluation.
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