TY  - BOOK
AU  - Page,Benjamin I.
AU  - Shapiro,Robert Y.
TI  - The rational public: fifty years of trends in Americans' policy preferences 
T2  - American politics and political economy series
SN  - 9780226644806 (electronic bk.)
AV  - HN90.P8 P34 1991eb
U1  - 303.3/8/0973 22
PY  - 1992///
CY  - Chicago
PB  - University of Chicago Press
KW  - Public opinion
KW  - United States
KW  - History
KW  - 20th century
KW  - Social Science
KW  - SOCIAL SCIENCE
KW  - General
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - Publieke opinie
KW  - gtt
KW  - Kiesgedrag
KW  - Politik
KW  - swd
KW  - Öffentliche Meinung
KW  - Trend
KW  - USA
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - 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
N2  - 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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