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Special Graduate Topic in Political Science: Public Opinion >> Content Detail



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WEEK # TOPICS
1Introduction and Overview of the Course
Part 1: Preliminaries
2The Meaning and Measurement of Public Opinion
Part 2: Questions of Competence
3Political Ignorance: Causes and Effects
4The Search for Overarching Principles: Ideology and Political Reasoning
Part 3: Building From the Ground Up: Opinion Ingredients and The Micro-Foundations of Public Preferences
5Material Interests (Or Symbolic Politics?)
6Groups in American Politics: Us and Them
7Principles and Values
Part 4: The World Out There: Society and Politics
8Social Influence
9Framing, Priming and Media Effects
10The Miracle of Aggregation and Enlightened Preferences (Is Anyone Right?)
11Public Opinion and Public Policy
12Public Opinion and Foreign Policy
Part 5: Reflections
13Final Thoughts: The Place of Public Opinion in Democratic Politics

 








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