The Rational Public: Fifty Years of Trends in Americans' Policy Preferences (American Politics and Political Economy Series) - Softcover

Page, Benjamin I. I.; Shapiro, Robert Y.

 
9780226644783: The Rational Public: Fifty Years of Trends in Americans' Policy Preferences (American Politics and Political Economy Series)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0226644782 ISBN 13: 9780226644783
Verlag: University of Chicago Press, 1992

Inhaltsangabe

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 fluctuations in the opinions of individuals, collective public opinion is remarkably coherent: it reflects a stable system of values shared by the majority of Americans and it responds sensitively to new events, arguments, and information reported in the mass media. While documenting some alarming case of manipulation, Page and Shapiro solidly establish the soundness and value of collective political opinion. The Rational Public provides a wealth of information about what we as a nation have wanted from government, how we have changed our minds over the years, and why.

For anyone interested in the short- and long-term trends in Americans' policy preferences, or eager to learn what Americans have thought about issues ranging from racial equality to the MX missile, welfare to abortion, this book offers by far the most sophisticated and detailed treatment available.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Benjamin I. Page, the Gordon Scott Fulcher Professor of Decision Making at Northwestern University, is the author of several books, includingWho Gets What From Government. Robert Y. Shapiro is associate professor of political science at Columbia University.

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Verlag
University of Chicago Press
Erscheinungsdatum
1992
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0226644782
ISBN 13 
9780226644783
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Auflage
2
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506
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