Overview

This book takes stock of opinion polls in communist and post-communist states, presents specific case studies and answers the question how opinion polls under conditions of censorship and lack of media pluralism differ from those in liberal democratic societies. These polls were mostly used by the ruling establishment to observe shifts in popular opinion and to anticipate protests. They were hardly presented publicly to inform citizens about the prevailing views in their society. Today, these polls often display stories about everyday life, opinion shifts and the legitimacy of state institutions which cannot be derived from other sources.

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Author:   Klaus Bachmann ,  Jens Gieseke
Publisher:   Peter Lang AG
Imprint:   Peter Lang AG
Edition:   New edition
Dimensions:   Width: 14.80cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 21.00cm
Weight:   0.410kg
ISBN:  

9783631666685

ISBN 10:   3631666683
Pages:   238
Publication Date:   22 March 2016
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Contents: Klaus Bachmann/Jens Gieseke: Introduction – Jiří Šubrt: Mapping the Beginnings of Public Opinion Research in the Czech Lands after World War II – Dragomir Pantić/Zoran Pavlović: Public Opinion Research in Serbia in the Non-pluralist Period – Jens Gieseke: East German Popular Opinion. Problems of Reconstruction – Oleg Manaev: Public Opinion Polling in Authoritarian States: The Case of Belarus – Klaus Bachmann: Constructing a national myth - the case of the Warsaw Uprising in post-war Poland – Patryk Wasiak: The Appropriation of Social Opinion Survey Research by the State Apparatus in Late State-socialist Poland – Piotr Tadeusz Kwiatkowski: Martial Law in Poland from 1981 to 1983 in View of Public Opinion Polls Conducted by Official Institutions and Underground Organizations – Michał Wenzel: Estimating Trade Union Membership between 1980 and 2012 Using Polling Data – Michael Meyen: Surveys on Media Usage in the German Democratic Republic (GDR) Institutions, Validity, and Outcomes – Hans Erxleben: The Dilemma of the Party’s Own Opinion Research in the GDR. Insights from a Former SED Pollster.

Reviews

Die vorliegende Publikation wartet mit vielen Fakten und Situationsbeschreibungen auf, die die auf offiziellen Regierungsunterlagen basierende, regulare politische Geschichtsschreibung sehr gut erganzen kann. (Indira Dupuis, M&K 4/2016)

Die vorliegende Publikation wartet mit vielen Fakten und Situationsbeschreibungen auf, die die auf offiziellen Regierungsunterlagen basierende, regulare politische Geschichtsschreibung sehr gut erganzen kann. (Indira Dupuis, M&K 4/2016)

Author Information

Klaus Bachmann is Professor of Political Science at SWPS University of Social Sciences and Humanities in Warsaw, Poland. Jens Gieseke is Head of the department «Communism and Society» at the Centre for Contemporary History Potsdam.

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