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