Opinion Polls and Volatile Electorates - Problems and Issues in Polling European Societies

List of contents

1. Introduction 2. Opinion Polls, Power and Democracy 3. The Comparative Context of Opinion Polling 4. Opinion Polling and Complex Politics 5. The Development of Opinion Polling in Capitalist Societies: Britain 6. Complex Politics and Opinion Polling in Late-Capitalist Britain 7. Polling Performance in Late-Capitalist Societies 8. Opinion Polling in Central and Eastern Europe under Communism 9. Complex Politics and Opinion Polling in Post-Communist Societies 10. Methods and Issues in Polling Post-Communist Societies 11. Conclusion.

Summary

Published in 1998, this book examines whether polls extends or inhibit democratisation in various late-capitalist and post-communist societies and how shifting political contexts impact upon the ability of polls to measure public opinion.

Additional text

’The book offers a useful guide to the history of polling in the former communist countries and to the problems faced by pollsters in this context.’ Political Studies

Product details

• Authors: Matt Henn, Henn Matt
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2018
• EAN: 9781138324527
• ISBN: 978-1-138-32452-7
• No. of pages: 258
• Series: Routledge Revivals; Routledge Revivals
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science; POLITICAL SCIENCE / General, Politics & government, Politics and government