The Dynamics of Public Opinion
Title | The Dynamics of Public Opinion PDF eBook |
Author | Mary Layton Atkinson |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 83 |
Release | 2021-11-11 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 1108877281 |
A central question in political representation is whether government responds to the people. To understand that, we need to know what the government is doing, and what the people think of it. We seek to understand a key question necessary to answer those bigger questions: How does American public opinion move over time? We posit three patterns of change over time in public opinion, depending on the type of issue. Issues on which the two parties regularly disagree provide clear partisan cues to the public. For these party-cue issues we present a slight variation on the thermostatic theory from (Soroka and Wlezien (2010); Wlezien (1995)); our “implied thermostatic model.” A smaller number of issues divide the public along lines unrelated to partisanship, and so partisan control of government provides no relevant clue. Finally, we note a small but important class of issues which capture response to cultural shifts.
Three Models of Opinion Dynamics
Title | Three Models of Opinion Dynamics PDF eBook |
Author | Mary Layton Atkinson |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 83 |
Release | 2021-11-11 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 1009100599 |
This Element develops an explanation of how and why all public policy preferences move over time.
The Nature and Origins of Mass Opinion
Title | The Nature and Origins of Mass Opinion PDF eBook |
Author | John Zaller |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 388 |
Release | 1992-08-28 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 9780521407861 |
This 1992 book explains how people acquire political information from elites and the mass media and convert it into political preferences.
Public Opinion and Political Dynamics
Title | Public Opinion and Political Dynamics PDF eBook |
Author | Marbury Bladen Ogle |
Publisher | |
Pages | 378 |
Release | 1950 |
Genre | Democracy |
ISBN |
The Dynamics of Public Opinion and Public Policy
Title | The Dynamics of Public Opinion and Public Policy PDF eBook |
Author | Robert Y. Shapiro |
Publisher | |
Pages | 320 |
Release | 1982 |
Genre | Public opinion |
ISBN |
Mobilizing Public Opinion
Title | Mobilizing Public Opinion PDF eBook |
Author | Taeku Lee |
Publisher | University of Chicago Press |
Pages | 302 |
Release | 2002-05 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 0226470253 |
List of Tables and Figures Introduction 1. Elite Opinion Theory and Activated Mass Opinion 2. Black Insurgency and the Dynamics of Mass Opinion 3. The Sovereign Status of Survey Data 4. Constituency Mail as Public Opinion 5. The Racial, Regional, and Organizational Bases of Mass Activation 6. Contested Meanings and Movement Agency 7. Two Nations, Separate Grooves Appendix One: Question Wording, Scales, and Coding of Variables in Survey Analysis Appendix Two: Bibliographic Sources for Racial Attitude Items, 1937-1965 Appendix Three: Sampling and Coding of Constituency Mail Appendix Four: Typology of Interpretive Frames Notes References Acknowledgments Index.
Degrees of Democracy
Title | Degrees of Democracy PDF eBook |
Author | Stuart N. Soroka |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 255 |
Release | 2010 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN | 0521868335 |
This book develops and tests a 'thermostatic' model of public opinion and policy and examines both responsiveness and representation across a range of policy domains in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Canada, concluding that representative democratic government functions surprisingly well.