| Edition |
1st ed. |
| Description |
xiv, 290 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm. |
| Series |
The Frank W. Abrams lectures |
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Frank W. Abrams lectures.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-281) and index. |
| Contents |
A missing concept -- What is quality in public opinion? -- Mass opinion vs. public judgment -- Knowledge vs. opinion -- The bumpy road from mass opinion to public judgment -- Consciousness raising -- Transition obstacles -- The expert-public gap -- The competitiveness issue -- From minutes to centuries -- The end of the cold war -- An experiment in working through -- Ten rules for resolution -- Epistemological anxiety -- Defining objectivism -- Deconstructing objectivism -- Searching for public judgment -- You can argue with Einstein -- A sketch for action. |
| Summary |
"In his most important book to date, Daniel Yankelovich, the dean of American public research, offers a prescription for strengthening the public's hand in its silent power struggle with the experts. With insight gained from over thirty years of research into how public opinion is formed, Yankelovich focuses on an issue of rising concern to us all: the American public's eroding ability to influence its own future. His 'Ten Rule for Resolution' offer leaders and the media hard-hitting pragmatic suggestions for how to present the nation's problems to the American people- and, equally important, for how to listen to what the people have to say."--Back cover. |
| Subject |
Public opinion -- United States.
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Public opinion.
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Democracy.
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Democracy. (OCoLC)fst00890077
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Public opinion. (OCoLC)fst01082785
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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Demokratie (DE-588)4011413-2
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Öffentliche Meinung (DE-588)4043152-6
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Public opinion -- United States
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Public opinion
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Democracy
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| Indexed Term |
Democracy |
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Public United States |
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Public opinion |
| ISBN |
0815602545 (paper) |
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9780815602545 (paper) |
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0815625154 (cloth) |
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9780815625155 (cloth) |
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