Hard Choices, Easy Answers : Values, Information, and American Public Opinion /

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Those who seek to accurately gauge public opinion must first ask themselves: Why are certain opinions highly volatile while others are relatively fixed? Why are some surveys affected by question wording or communicative medium (e.g., telephone) while others seem immune? In Hard Choices, Easy Answers...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Authors: Alvarez, R. Michael (Author), Brehm, John (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2020]
Subjects:
Political culture > United States.
Political psychology.
Public opinion > United States.
Values > United States.
Psychologie politique.
Opinion publique > États-Unis.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Process > Campaigns & Elections.
Political culture
Political psychology
Public opinion
Values
United States
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • List of Figures
  • List of Tables
  • Acknowledgments
  • CHAPTER 1. A Fickle Public?
  • CHAPTER 2. Predispositions
  • CHAPTER 3. Why Does Political Information Matter?
  • CHAPTER 4. Ambivalence, Uncertainty, and Equivocation
  • CHAPTER 5. Ambivalent Attitudes: Abortion and Euthanasia
  • CHAPTER 6. Uncertainty and Racial Attitudes
  • CHAPTER 7. Equivocation
  • CHAPTER 8. Mass Opinion and Representation
  • CHAPTER 9. Do Elites Experience Ambivalence Where Masses Do Not?
  • CHAPTER 10. Politics, Psychology, and the Survey Response
  • Notes
  • Index

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