Scott L. Althaus

Collective Preferences in Democratic Politics

Opinion Surveys and the Will of the People

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

It advises how to make better use of opinion polls to represent the people's voice.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 388
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. November 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 628g
• ISBN-13: 9780521527873
• ISBN-10: 0521527872
• Artikelnr.: 22363895

Inhaltsangabe

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.