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Susan Herbst

Reading Public Opinion

How Political Actors View the Democratic Process

266 pages, 3 line drawings, 6 tables  6 x 9  © 1998
Series: Studies in Communication, Media, and Public Opinion

Cloth $50.00

ISBN: 9780226327464   Published October 1998

Paper $23.00

ISBN: 9780226327471   Published October 1998

Acknowledgments
Introduction
1: The "Construction" of Public Opinion: Looking to Lay Theory
2: Policy Experts Think about Public Opinion, Media, and Legislative Process
3: Journalistic Views of Public Opinion
4: Conceptions of Public Opinion and Representation among Partisan Activists
5: Meanings of Public Opinion: Lay Theory Meets Democratic Theory
App. A: Notes on Interviews and Building Grounded Theory
App. B: Interview Protocols
App. C: Survey Form
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Subjects



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