"Through his many careful studies of opinion trends over the years, David Weakliem has changed how I think about American politics." Andrew Gelman, Columbia University "Weakliem's Public Opinion is a brief yet wide-ranging, insightful overview of the methods, issues, and findings of public opinion research. It is an excellent introduction and a handy reference." Claude S. Fischer, University of California, Berkeley
Chapter 1. What is public opinion?
Chapter 2. The Social Bases of Public Opinion
Chapter 3. Ideology
Chapter 4. Short-Term Change in Public Opinion
Chapter 5. Long-Term Change in Public Opinion
Chapter 6. Public opinion and liberal democracy
Bibliography
David L. Weakliem is Professor of Sociology at the University of Connecticut.