The Rational Public
Fifty Years of Trends in Americans' Policy Preferences
Paper $30.00
ISBN: 9780226644783
Published March 1992
Tables and Figures Preface 1. Rational Public Opinion 2. The Myth of Capricious Change 3. Opinions about Social Issues 4. Economic Welfare 5. Foreign Policy: World War II and the Cold War (Coauthored by John M. Gillroy) 6. Vietnam, Détente, and the New Cold War (Coauthored by John M. Gillroy) 7. Parallel Publics 8. The Causes of Collective Opinion Change 9. Education and Manipulation of Public Opinion 10. Democracy, Information, and the Rational Public Appendix to Figures Notes Bibliography Index
Awards
- Philip E. Converse Book Award
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