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Collective preferences in democratic politics : = opinion surveys and the will of the people /

Record Type:	Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Collective preferences in democratic politics :/ Scott L. Althaus.
Reminder of title:	opinion surveys and the will of the people /
Author:	Althaus, Scott L.,
Description:	1 online resource (xiii, 370 pages) :digital, PDF file(s). :
Notes:	Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
Subject:	Public opinion - United States. -
Online resource:	https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511610042
ISBN:	9780511610042 (ebook)

Collective preferences in democratic politics : = opinion surveys and the will of the people /
Althaus, Scott L.,1966-

Collective preferences in democratic politics :opinion surveys and the will of the people /Scott L. Althaus. - 1 online resource (xiii, 370 pages) :digital, PDF file(s).

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Since so few people appear knowledgeable about public affairs, one might question whether collective policy preferences revealed in opinion surveys accurately convey the distribution of voices and interests in a society. This study, the first comprehensive treatment of the relationship between knowledge, representation, and political equality in opinion surveys, suggests some surprising answers. Knowledge does matter, and the way it is distributed in society can cause collective preferences to reflect disproportionately the opinions of some groups more than others. Sometimes collective preferences seem to represent something like the will of the people, but frequently they do not. Sometimes they rigidly enforce political equality in the expression of political viewpoints, but often they do not. The primary culprit is not any inherent shortcoming in the methods of survey research. Rather, it is the limited degree of knowledge held by ordinary citizens about public affairs. Accounting for these factors can help better appreciate thepossibilities for using opinion polls to represent the people's voice.

ISBN: 9780511610042 (ebook)Subjects--Topical Terms:

570709
Public opinion
--United States.

LC Class. No.: HN90.P8 / A47 2003

Dewey Class. No.: 303.3/8/0973

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