The rational public
Page, Benjamin I.
The rational public fifty years of trends in Americans' policy preferences / [electronic resource] : Benjamin I. Page and Robert Y. Shapiro. - University of Chicago Press, c1992. - 1 online resource (xvi, 489 p.) : ill. - American politics and political economy series . - American politics and political economy. .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 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.
9780226644806 (electronic bk.) 0226644804 (electronic bk.)
Geschichte 1939-1990
Public opinion--History--United States--20th century.
Social Science.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--General.
Publieke opinie.
Kiesgedrag.
Politik.
Öffentliche Meinung.
Trend.
USA.
Electronic books.
HN90.P8 / P34 1991eb
303.3/8/0973
The rational public fifty years of trends in Americans' policy preferences / [electronic resource] : Benjamin I. Page and Robert Y. Shapiro. - University of Chicago Press, c1992. - 1 online resource (xvi, 489 p.) : ill. - American politics and political economy series . - American politics and political economy. .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 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.
9780226644806 (electronic bk.) 0226644804 (electronic bk.)
Geschichte 1939-1990
Public opinion--History--United States--20th century.
Social Science.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--General.
Publieke opinie.
Kiesgedrag.
Politik.
Öffentliche Meinung.
Trend.
USA.
Electronic books.
HN90.P8 / P34 1991eb
303.3/8/0973