Mass informed consent [electronic resource] : evidence on upgrading democracy with polls and new media / Adam F. Simon.
Simon, Adam F., 1965-
2011
HN90.P8 S53 2011eb
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Mass informed consent [electronic resource] : evidence on upgrading democracy with polls and new media / Adam F. Simon.
Author
Simon, Adam F., 1965-
ISBN
9781442209343 (electronic book)
9780742562554
9781442209343
Publication Details
Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield, c2011.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (v, 231 p.) : ill.
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HN90.P8 S53 2011eb
Dewey Decimal Classification
303.3/80973
Summary
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.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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