@article{1397650,
      author = {Simon, Adam F.,},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/1397650},
      title = {Mass informed consent evidence on upgrading democracy with  polls and new media / [electronic resource] :},
      publisher = {Rowman & Littlefield,},
      abstract = {Public opinion polling permeates today's politics, yet  many seem suspicious of polls and skeptical in their  prominence, fearing that overreliance on public opinion  amounts to pandering or that pollsters can manipulate a  feeble public. In this book Adam 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.},
      recid = {1397650},
      pages = {1 online resource (v, 231 p.) :},
      address = {Lanham, Md. :},
      year = {2011},
}