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Public Opinion and Polling around the World: A Historical Encyclopaedia (John G. Geer)

VOLUME 1

Preface, ix

Part 1 The Role of Public Opinion in Democracy 1

Section One: Measuring Public Opinion, 3

The Sociological Perspective, Nancy Carrillo, 3

The Psychological Perspective, Steven Greene, 9

A Mass Media Perspective, Patricia Moy and Dietram A. Scheufele, 26

Section Two: Shaping Public Opinion, 33

Interest Groups, Diane J. Heith, 33

News Media, Diane J. Heith, 38

Political Parties, Sean Hogan, 44

Presidents, Matthew Eshbaugh-Soha, 49

Presidents and Foreign Policy, Andrew Z. Katz, 55

Part 2 Public Opinion in the United States 65

Section One: History, 67

Founding-Era Elections: 1787–1824, Ryan Lee Teten, 67

Jacksonian-Era Elections: 1828–1848, Pearl T. Ponce, 75

Civil War–Era Elections: 1850–1866, Yonatan Eyal, 81

Reconstruction-Era Elections: 1868–1892, Ryan Lee Teten, 87

Progressive-Era Elections: 1894–1928, Joel David Bloom, 93

Depression-Era Elections: 1930–1940, Joel David Bloom, 101

World War II–Era Elections: 1942–1958, Richard W. Boyd, 109

Cold War Elections: 1960–1976, Valerie Adams, 120

Post–Cold War Elections: 1978–1990, Gar Culbert, 127

Contemporary Elections: 1990–Present, Jeremy Clayne Pope, 132

Section Two: Issues, 140

Abortion, Brett M. Clifton, 140

Affirmative Action, Chris T. Owens, 145

Alienation, Priscilla L. Southwell, 151

The Campaign, Christopher C. Blunt, 157

Campaign Finance Reform, David M. Primo, 165

Civil Liberties, Alex R. Trouteaud, 171

Civil Rights: 1942–2000, Mark Kemper, 176

Death Penalty, Christopher D. Karadjov, 186

Domestic Politics, Douglas C. Foyle, 194

The Economy, Kevin Arceneaux, 199

Education, Thomas M. Smith, 212

Elected Officials, Stacy G. Ulbig, 220

The Environment, Anthony C. Coveny and Courtney M. Rogers, 229

Foreign Policy, Douglas C. Foyle, 234

Gay and Lesbian Rights, Ewa A. Golebiowska, 244

Globalization, Amy Carter, 251

Government Spending, Bryan E. Denham, 255

Health Care, Jason Barabas and Jennifer Jerit, 260

Ideology, Kyle L. Saunders, 268

Latino Voices, Jason P. Casellas, 280

The Middle East, Anthony C. Coveny and Francis A. Gross III, 287

Partisanship, Stephanie C. McLean, 293

Pseudoscience Beliefs, Susan Carol Losh, 299

Religion, Brett M. Clifton, 311

Science, Susan Carol Losh, 317

September 11, 2001, Todd S. Sechser, 327

Social Context, Martin Johnson, 338

Social Security, Jason Barabas, 344

Terrorism, Amy Carter, 353

Trust in Government, R. Andrew Holbrook, 359

The United Nations, Christopher S. Leskiw, 364

Welfare, Jennifer Jerit, 370

Women Presidential Candidates, Rosalyn Cooperman, 376

Section Three: Key People, Institutions, and Concepts, 382

Caddell, Pat, Andrew Z. Katz, 382

Cantril, Hadley, Albert H. Cantril, 387

Converse, Philip E., Stephanie C. McLean, 391

Exit Polls and Election Projections, Warren J. Mitofsky, 396

Framing Questions, Greg M. Shaw, 401

Gallup, George H., Alec Gallup and George H. Gallup Jr., 407

Internet Surveys, Gerald M. Kosicki, 411

Key, V. O., Jr., Marc D. Weiner, 417

Lippman, Walter, Caroline Heldman, 421

Miller, Warren, Michael Traugott, 425

Pollsters, Caroline Heldman, 427

Question Wording and Context, Martha E. Kropf, 435

Research Institutions, Sean Hogan, 441

Roper, Elmo, Carl W. Brown, Jr., 447

Sampling, Kyle L. Saunders, 451

Stokes, Donald E., Larry M. Bartels, 457

The Study of Public Opinion, Caroline Heldman, 462

Survey Methods, Martha E. Kropf, 468

VOLUME 2

Part 3 Public Opinion in the International Arena 475

Section One: Comparative Perspective, 477

Beginning Democracies, Matthew M. Singer and Thomas J. Scotto, 477

Developing Countries, Vidal F. Romero, 485

Industrial Democracies, Thomas J. Scotto and Matthew M. Singer, 491

Integration: Using the Eurobarometer to Measure Support, Adam Brinegar and Seth Jolly, 497

World Opinion, Frank Louis Rusciano, 504

Section Two: Countries and Regions, 509

Argentina, Gerardo Adrogué and Mark P. Jones, 509

Belgium, Steven Van de Walle, 514

Brazil, Lucio R. Renno, 519

Bulgaria, Rossen Vassilev, 526

Canada, Karen J. Long, 532

Chile, Patricio Navia, 544

China, Hongmei Li and James R. Beniger, 550

Costa Rica, Oscar Hernández, 559

Czech Republic, Lisa M. Pohlman, 564

Estonia, Rain Rosimannus and Mikk Titma, 570

Finland, Jan Sundberg, 576

France, Lori M. Poloni-Staudinger, 581

Germany, Michael R. Wolf and Lori M. Poloni-Staudinger, 585

Great Britain, Michael R. Wolf and Craig Ortsey, 591

Hong Kong, Siu-kai Lau and Po-san Wan, 597

Hungary, P. Matthew Loveless, 602

Iran, Taghi Azadarmaki, 610

Ireland, James P. McBride, 613

Israel, Asher Arian, Elihu Katz, and Danielle Shani, 619

Italy, Eleonora Pasotti, 627

Japan, Darlene Budd, 634

Jordan, Fares al-Braizat, 640

Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan, Eric McGlinchey, 647

Mexico, Gregg B. Johnson, 651

The Middle East, Nadra Garas, 658

The Netherlands, Thomas R. Rochon, 662

New Zealand, Jack Vowles, 670

Norway, Tor Bjørklund, 676

Peru, Gregory D. Schmidt, 683

The Philippines, Linda Luz B. Guerrero and Mahar Mangahas, 689

Poland, Roger Schoenman, 697

Romania, Marina Popescu, 704

Russia, Sam Whitt, 710

Slovakia, Lisa M. Pohlman, 715

South Africa, Mbithi wa Kivilu, Ben Roberts, Zakes Langa, and Jare Struwig, 722

Spain, Juan Díez-Nicolás, 728

Sweden, Tommy Möller, 733

Taiwan, Yun-han Chu and Yu-tzung Chang, 741

Thailand, Robert B. Albritton, 749

Uruguay, Daniel Buquet, 756

Venezuela, Jóse E. Molina V., 763

Appendix: National Election Studies 2002 Post-Election Survey Questionnaire, 769

Print and Nonprint Resources, 825

Index, 863

List of Contributors, 893

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