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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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