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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1. Verfasser: Simon, Adam F., 1965-
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, ©2011.
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Zusammenfassung: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.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (v, 231 pages)
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-224) and index.
ISBN:9781442209343
1442209348
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9781282977112
9786612977114
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