Overview
This book presents a comprehensive examination of public opinion in the democratic world. Built around chapters that highlight key explanatory frameworks used in understanding public opinion, the book presents a coherent study of the subject in a comparative perspective, emphasizing and interrogating immigration as a key issue of high concern to most mass publics in the democratic world. Key features of the book include: Covers several theoretical issues and determinants of opinion such as the effects of personality, age and life cycle, ideology, social class, partisanship, gender, religion, ethnicity, language, and media, highlighting over time the effects of political, social, and economic contexts. Each chapter explores the theoretical rationale, mechanisms of effect, and use in the scholarly literature on public opinion before applying these to the issue of immigration comparatively and in specific places or regions. Widely comparative using a nine-country sample (Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Portugal, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and the United States of America) in the analysis of individual-level determinants of public opinion about immigration and extending to other countries like Belgium, Brazil, and Japan when evaluating contextual factors. This edited volume will be essential reading for students, scholars, and practitioners interested in public opinion, political behaviour, voting behaviour, politics of the media, immigration, political communication, and, more generally, democracy and comparative politics.
Full Product Details
Author: Cameron D. Anderson (University of Western Ontario, Canada) ,
Mathieu Turgeon (University of Western Ontario, Canada)
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint: Routledge
Weight: 0.675kg
ISBN: 9780367640606
ISBN 10: 0367640600
Pages: 368
Publication Date: 22 July 2022
Audience:
College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
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Tertiary & Higher Education
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
Comparative Public Opinion provides a comprehensive and modern coverage of one of the major areas of political science research. It brings together leading authors in the field and takes a very broad and rigorous view of public opinion. The textbook provides a priceless insight into the field. Ignacio Lago, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain.
""Comparative Public Opinion provides a comprehensive and modern coverage of one of the major areas of political science research. It brings together leading authors in the field and takes a very broad and rigorous view of public opinion. The textbook provides a priceless insight into the field."" Ignacio Lago, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain.
Author Information
Cameron D. Anderson is Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Western Ontario, Canada. Mathieu Turgeon is Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Western Ontario, Canada.
