Public Opinion in America: Moods, Cycles, and Swings

by James A. Stimson

Book Overview

Dealing with public opinion in America as an institution, James Stimson amasses an unrivaled database from public opinion surveys over the years and marshals it in presenting his theory of public mood... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813311667
• ISBN13: 9780813311661
• Release Date: September 1991
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 156 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Innovative, Creative, and important

The seminal study of how aggregated public opinion in American moves in rational swings that Stimson labels "moods". Covers moods of liberalism into waves of conservatism and provides evidence of why the country changes its moods over time.