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| Tables, Figures, and Features | |
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| Preface | |
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| What Should the Role of Citizens Be in a Democratic Society? | |
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| Public Opinion in a Democracy | |
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| Theories of Democracy | |
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| What is Public Opinion? | |
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| Defining Key Concepts | |
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| Empirical Assessments of Public Opinion | |
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| Themes of the Book | |
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| Key Concepts | |
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| Suggested Sources for Further Reading | |
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| Appendix. Studying Public Opinion Empirically | |
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| Public Opinion Surveys | |
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| Experiments | |
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| Interviews | |
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| Focus Groups | |
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| Content Analysis | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Key Concepts | |
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| Suggested Sources for Further Reading | |
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| Are Citizens Pliable? | |
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| Political Socialization | |
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| Childhood Socialization | |
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| Parental Transmission of Political Attitudes | |
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| Political Events and Socialization | |
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| Genetic Inheritance of Political Attitudes | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Key Concepts | |
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| Suggested Sources for Further Reading | |
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| Mass Media | |
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| What Should Citizens Expect from the Mass Media in a Democracy? | |
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| What General Characteristics of the Mass Media Shape News Coverage? | |
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| What Specific Characteristics of the News Media Shape the Reporting of Political Events? | |
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| Are Citizens Affected by the Mass Media? | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Key Concepts | |
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| Suggested Sources for Further Reading | |
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| Attitude Stability and Attitude Change | |
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| Are Americans' Attitudes Stable? | |
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| Collective Attitude Stability | |
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| Presidential Approval | |
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| Psychological Approaches to Attitudes | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Key Concepts | |
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| Suggested Sources for Further Reading | |
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| Do Citizens Organize Their Political Thinking? | |
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| Ideological Innocence and Critiques | |
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| Converse's Claim: Ideological Innocence | |
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| Critiques of Converse | |
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| Related Evidence? | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Key Concepts | |
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| Suggested Sources for Further Reading | |
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| Pluralistic Roots of Public Opinion: Personality, Self-interest, Values, and History | |
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| Personality | |
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| Self-Interest | |
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| Values | |
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| Historical Events | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Key Concepts | |
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| Suggested Sources for Further Reading | |
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| Pluralistic Roots of Public Opinion: The Central Role of Groups | |
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| Party Identification | |
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| Race and Public Opinion | |
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| Gender and Public Opinion | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Key Concepts | |
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| Suggested Sources for Further Reading | |
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| Do Citizens Endorse and Demonstrate Democratic Basics? | |
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| Knowledge, Interest, and Attention to Politics | |
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| How Knowledgeable, Interested, and Attentive Should Citizens Be in a Democracy? | |
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| Are Citizens Knowledgeable about Politics? | |
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| Measuring Political Knowledge | |
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| Why Are Some Citizens More Knowledgeable than Others? | |
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| What Are the Consequences of Political Knowledge? | |
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| Are Citizens Interested in and Attentive to Politics? | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Key Concepts | |
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| Suggested Sources for Further Reading | |
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| Support for Civil Liberties | |
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| Are Americans Tolerant? | |
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| Sources of Tolerant Attitudes | |
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| Contextual Influences on Tolerance Judgments | |
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| Are Elites More Tolerant? | |
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| Civil Liberties Post-9/11 | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Key Concepts | |
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| Suggested Sources for Further Reading | |
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| Support for Civil Rights | |
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| Public Opinion and Presidential Candidates | |
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| Support for Civil Rights Policies | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Key Concepts | |
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| Suggested Sources for Further Reading | |
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| What Is the Relationship between Citizens and Their Government? | |
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| Trust in Government, Support for Institutions, and Social Capital | |
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| Trust in Government | |
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| Support for Institutions | |
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| Social Capital | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Key Concepts | |
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| Suggested Sources for Further Reading | |
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| Impact of Public Opinion on Policy | |
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| Should Public Opinion Influence Policy? | |
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| Is Public Opinion Related to Policy? | |
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| Do Politicians Follow or Lead the Public? | |
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| Public Opinion and Foreign Policy | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Key Concepts | |
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| Suggested Sources for Further Reading | |
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| What Do We Make of Public Opinion in a Democracy? | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| What Should the Role of Citizens Be in a Democratic Society? | |
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| Are Citizens Pliable? | |
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| Do Citizens Organize Their Political Thinking? | |
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| Do Citizens Endorse and Demonstrate Democratic Basics? | |
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| What Is the Relationship between Citizens and Their Government? | |
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| What Do We Make of Public Opinion in a Democracy? | |
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| Notes | |
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| Glossary | |
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| Index | |