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by Francis Graham Wilson. 310 pgs.

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Contributors:

   Francis Graham Wilson

Publisher:

   Henry Regnery

Place of Publication:

  Chicago  

Publication Year:

  1962
Subjects:   Public Opinion
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books on: (Public Opinion)  - 67363 results

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1.
Public Opinion, Crime, and Criminal Justice
Book by Julian V. Roberts, Loretta J. Stalans; Westview Press, 1997
Subjects: Crime--Great Britain--Public Opinion, Crime--United States--Public Opinion, Criminal Justice, Administration Of--Great Britain--Public Opinion, Criminal Justice, Administration Of--United States--Public Opinion, Criminal Statistics--Great Britain, Criminal Statistics--United States, Public Opinion--Great Britain, Public Opinion--United States
Public Opinion, Crime, and Criminal Justice CRIME...Sampson, and Wesley G. Skogan Public Opinion, Crime, and Criminal Justice , Julian...Deborah R. Baskin and Ira B. Sommers Public Opinion, Crime, and Criminal Justice Julian...
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Public opinion and internationalized governance
Book by Oskar Niedermayer; Oxford University, 1995
Subjects: European Union--Public Opinion, North Atlantic Treaty Organization--Public Opinion, Public Opinion--Europe, United Nations--Public Opinion
...and Elinor Scarbrough PUBLIC OPINION AND INTERNATIONALIZED GOVERNANCE...IN GOVERNMENT VOLUME TWO PUBLIC OPINION AND INTERNATIONALIZED GOVERNANCE...index. 1. European Union--Public opinion. 2. United Nations--Public opinion...
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Constructing Public Opinion: How Political Elites Do What They like and Why We Seem to Go along with It
Book by Justin Lewis; Columbia University Press, 2001
Subjects: Mass Media And Public Opinion--United States, Political Psychology--United States, Public Opinion, Public Opinion--United States
CONSTRUCTING PUBLIC OPINION CONSTRUCTING PUBLIC OPINION How Political Elites Do What They Like and Why We...Cataloging-in-Publication Data Lewis, Justin, 1958 Constructing public opinion: how political elites do what they like and why we seem...
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The Impact of Public Opinion on U.S. Foreign Policy since Vietnam: Constraining the Colossus
Book by Richard Sobel; Oxford University Press, 2001
Subjects: Intervention (International Law)--Public Opinion, Public Opinion--United States--History--20th Century, United States--Foreign Relations--1945-1989--Public Opinion, United States--Foreign Relations--1989---Public Opinion
The Impact of Public Opinion on U.S. Foreign Policy Since Vietnam...UNIVERSITY PRESS THE IMPACT OF PUBLIC OPINION ON U.S. FOREIGN POLICY SINCE...Sobel, Richard, 1949- The impact of public opinion on U.S. foreign policy since Vietnam...
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Public Opinion in America: Moods, Cycles, and Swings
Book by James A. Stimson; Westview Press, 1999
Subjects: Public Opinion--United States, United States--Politics And Government--1945-1989--Public Opinion, United States--Social Conditions--1960-1980--Public Apinion, United States--Social Conditions--1980---Public Opinion
Public Opinion in America TRANSFORMING AMERICAN POLITICS...aspects. BOOKS IN THIS SERIES Public Opinion in America, Second Edition , James...Presidency , Phillip G. Henderson Public Opinion in America Second Edition MOODS...
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1.
Public Opinion and Corporate Expression: in Search of the Common Good
Journal article by Claire Hoertz Badaracco; Public Relations Quarterly, Vol. 41, 1996
Subjects: Corporate image, Corporate responsibility, Downsizing, Philanthropy, Political parties, Public opinion, Public policy, Public relations, Strategic planning, United States
Public Opinion and Corporate Expression: in Search...the subject of this article. American public opinion has come full circle in the past 20...market phase. The strategy of using public opinion polls as a tactic to target legislators...
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The Multi-layered Impact of Public Opinion on Capital Punishment Implementation in the American States
Journal article by Barbara Norrander; Political Research Quarterly, Vol. 53, 2000
Subjects: Capital punishment, Criminal sentences, Politics, Public opinion, States
The Multi-layered Impact of Public Opinion on Capital Punishment Implementation...interest in the effects of state public opinion on policy. The publication of...Ringquist 1993). Demographic traits or public opinion is assumed to represent public...
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The Impact of Public Opinion on Public Policy: a Review and an Agenda
Journal article by Paul Burnstein; Political Research Quarterly, Vol. 56, 2003
Subjects: Politics, Public opinion, Public policy, Social research
The Impact of Public Opinion on Public Policy: a Review and an...Most social scientists who study public opinion and public policy in democratic countries agree that (1) public opinion influences public policy; (2) the...
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Explaining Public Opinion toward Government Spending on Child Care
Journal article by Tammy L. Henderson, Pamela A. Monroe, James C. Garand, Diane C. Burts; Family Relations, Vol. 44, 1995
Subjects: Child care, Government spending, Politics, Public opinion
Explaining Public Opinion toward Government Spending on Child...attitudes. Moreover, one might expect public opinions on child-care issues to have some...makers, although the general impact of public opinion on policy outcomes is open to debate...
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Public Opinion, Public Policy, and Organized Interests in the American States
Journal article by Virginia Gray, David Lowery, Matthew Fellowes, Andrea McAtee; Political Research Quarterly, Vol. 57, 2004
Subjects: Political power, Public interest, Public opinion surveys, Public policy, United States
Public Opinion, Public Policy, and Organized Interests...citizens desires as expressed through public opinion polls. Early studies of policy congruence...responsiveness were hampered by lack of public opinion data comparable across the fifty states...
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Of What Value Are Public Opinion Polls?
Magazine article by Richard E. Vatz; USA Today (Society for the Advancement of Education), Vol. 134, May 2006
Subjects: Public opinion polls--Evaluation, Public opinion polls--Forecasts and trends, Public opinion--Forecasts and trends
Of What Value Are Public Opinion Polls? by Richard E. Vatz...the never-ending proliferation of public opinion polls. From the contracts that polling...polling must elicit a true picture of public opinion. The poll in question also asks whether...
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Public Opinion at "Tipping Point" on Iraq
Magazine article; USA Today (Society for the Advancement of Education), Vol. 134, December 2005
Subjects: Americans--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Americans--Political aspects, Americans--Religious aspects, Coalition Occupation of Iraq, 2003---Public opinion, Illegal immigrants--Public opinion, Iraq War, 2003--Public opinion, Polarization (Social sciences)--Forecasts and trends, United States foreign relations--Public opinion
Public Opinion at "Tipping Point" on Iraq...Yankelovich, chairman of Public Agenda, New York. "The convergence of opinions is so clear, in fact, that...point"--those issues where public opinion is gathering enough momentum...
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Changing Public Opinion: Correctional Administrators Have an Obligation to Attempt to Influence Public Policy
Magazine article by Jack Cowley; Corrections Today, Vol. 60, February 1998
Subjects: Correctional personnel--Public relations, Corrections--Public opinion, Public policy (Law)--Analysis
Changing public opinion: correctional administrators have...so often enacted as a reaction to public opinion, have led to longer and tougher sentences...spend much of their time reacting to public opinion rather than attempting to modify it...
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Jekyll & Hyde? the Two Faces of Bush Conservatism: Public Opinion-Including Conservative Public Opinion-Is Turning against Bush-Style "Big Government Conservatism." It's about Time
Magazine article by William Norman Grigg; The New American, Vol. 22, July 10, 2006
Subjects: Bush, George W.--Political activity, Bush, George W.--Public opinion, Conservatism--Forecasts and trends, Conservatism--Political aspects, Conservatism--Public opinion, United States--Political aspects
...Hyde? the Two Faces of Bush Conservatism: Public Opinion-Including Conservative Public Opinion-Is Turning against Bush-Style "Big Government...as possible, rather than solving problems of public policy. "Republicans have treated campaigns...
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FBI Targets Domestic Terrorists; after Years of Trying to Warn the Public about the Dangers of Ecoterrorism, Critics of Extremist Movements Find Themselves Winning the War for Public Opinion
Magazine article by Valerie Richardson; Insight on the News, Vol. 18, April 22, 2002
Subjects: Animal Liberation Front--Public opinion, Earth Liberation Front--Public opinion, Environmental associations--Public opinion, Political activists--Public opinion, Terrorism--Analysis
...find themselves winning the war for public opinion by Valerie Richardson...idealistic young kids. After all, the public generally supported their goals...culprit was a 50-year-old unemployed public-relations executive named Mark Warren...
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Sinking in the Cruel Sea of Public Opinion
Newspaper article; The Mail on Sunday (London, England), April 20, 2008
Subjects: Political parties--Public opinion
Sinking in the Cruel Sea of Public Opinion. Byline: WILLIAM REES-MOGG Gordon Brown has had a frustrating...and asked for anew mandate. The political cycle has affected public opinion. Voters turn against partiesthat have been in power for too...
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Trawling for Public Opinion
Newspaper article; The Journal (Newcastle, England), June 27, 2009
Subjects: Trawling--Public opinion
Trawling for Public Opinion. ANALYSIS of the responses to the Tyne Rivers Trust trawl for views range from those who are willing to agree to the new dredging...
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U.S. Aid Ship Cures Public Opinion; Muslims Left with Positive View
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, November 17, 2006
Subjects: Humanitarian aid--Public opinion, Muslims--Public opinion, Muslims--Surveys, Public opinion--Public opinion
U.S. Aid Ship Cures Public Opinion; Muslims Left with Positive View...Anju S. Bawa, THE WASHINGTON TIMES Public opinion polls conducted in two of the more...provide medical aid had a better opinion of the United States. The results...
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Internet a Battlefield Press Pass; Can Public Opinion Stomach War Video?
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, August 4, 2006
Subjects: American soldiers--Public opinion, Cable News Network, Cable television broadcasting industry--Public opinion, Database industry--Public opinion, MySpace.com Inc., Video recordings--Public opinion
Internet a Battlefield Press Pass; Can Public Opinion Stomach War Video? Byline: Scott Galupo, THE WASHINGTON TIMES If 1991s Gulf War was the first CNN war, then the one currently...
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State Blog Solicits Views on Hot-Button Issues; but Department Will Not Take Public Opinion into Account
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, March 11, 2008
Subjects: Blogs--Public opinion, United States. Department of State, Weblogs--Public opinion
...Department Will Not Take Public Opinion into Account. Byline...interaction with the public consisted of speeches...to consider any of the opinions that it receives in policy-making...whats going on out in the public," he said. "It doesnt...
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encyclopedia articles on: (Public Opinion)  - 85 results

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Public Opinion Poll
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
PUBLIC OPINION POLL see poll . ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission of Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.
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Public Relations
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...individual; toward this end the making of favorable public opinion many research techniques and communications media...the spread of ideas and increased the importance of public opinion by giving more people access to current events. Public...
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Gallup, George Horace
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...GEORGE HORACE 1901 84, American public opinion statistician, originator of the...founded the American Institute of Public Opinion (1935) and the Audience Research...Princeton, N.J. His Guide to Public Opinion Polls appeared in 1944. Gallups...
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Pressure Group
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...parties, and sometimes general public opinion. A major area of concentration...countervailing forces such as Congress or public opinion. Political parties are also targets...a considerable effort to mold public opinion by means of mailing campaigns...
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Propaganda
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
PROPAGANDA systematic manipulation of public opinion, generally by the use of symbols such as flags, monuments...functions are secondary. Thus, almost any attempt to sway public opinion, including lobbying, commercial advertising, and missionary...
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