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Benjamin I. Page and Robert Y. Shapiro

The Rational Public

Fifty Years of Trends in Americans' Policy Preferences

506 pages, 18 tables, 73 figures  6 x 9  © 1992
Series: American Politics and Political Economy Series

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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