Studies in Public Opinion
Subtitle: Attitudes, Nonattitudes, Measurement Error, and Change
Contributors: Willem E. Saris (Editor); Paul M. Sniderman (Editor)
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: August 2, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 384
ISBN-13: 9780691092546
Subjects: Public opinion & polls; Public opinion polls; Political psychology; Political Science; Sociology; Politics/International Relations; Statistics; Research; General; Political Science / General; Political Science and International Relations; Public opinion
First sentence: EVEN BEFORE the first study of public opinion, Lippmann (1925:20, 36-37) had already called it a "false ideal" to imagine that voters were inherently competent to direct public affairs.