Title: Mass informed consent
Description: Adam F. Simon argues that democracy requires that government listen to the public and that sample surveys are the finest democratic technology yet devised. He lays out the fundamentals of public opinion research and illustrates his discussion of the science of polling with recent political hot-button issues as case studies - the decision to invade Iraq, partial birth abortion, and the Clinton health care debate -- from cover.
Subjects: Politics and government, Mass media and public opinion, Public opinion, Democracy, Public opinion polls, Public opinion, united states, United states, politics and government, 2001-2009, United states, economic policy, 2001-2009
Places: United States
Time periods: 2009-, 2001-2009