Mass informed consent : evidence on upgrading democracy with polls and new media /
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...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Lanham, Md. :
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers,
©2011.
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| Online Access: | CONNECT |
| 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. |
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| Item Description: | EBSCO eBook Academic Comprehensive Collection North America |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (v, 231 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-224) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781442209343 1442209348 1282977113 9781282977112 9786612977114 6612977116 |
