Collective Preferences in Democratic Politics - Opinion Surveys and the Will of the People

Klappentext It advises how to make better use of opinion polls to represent the people's voice. Zusammenfassung Since so few people appear knowledgeable about public affairs! one might question whether collective policy preferences revealed in opinion surveys accurately convey the distribution of voices and interests in a society. This study! the first comprehensive treatment of the relationship between knowledge! representation! and political equality in opinion surveys! suggests some surprising answers. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction; Part I. Illusions of Aggregation: 2. The power of noise; 3. Who speaks for the people?; Part II. Information Effects in Collective Preferences: 4. The impact of information effects; 5. The structure and causes of information effects; 6. The temporal dynamics of information effects; Part III. Opinion Surveys and Democratic Politics: 7. Opinion surveys and the will of the people; 8. What surveys can tell us about public opinion.

Product details

• Authors: Scott L. Althaus, Scott L. (University of Illinois Althaus, Althaus Scott L.
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 08.09.2003
• EAN: 9780521527873
• ISBN: 978-0-521-52787-3
• No. of pages: 388
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics; Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > Media science; Media Studies, Political Parties, North America, Psychology, POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / General, Politics & government, Political structures: democracy, Political campaigning & advertising, Political campaigning and advertising, North America (USA and Canada), Political parties and party platforms