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  1. Public opinion and agriculture 1875-1900

    Fisher, John RichardUniversity of Hull1972

    … as it did in the contemporary response of public opinion to the fate of agriculture. It was not the economic fortunes of agriculture alone which excited contemporary interest. Rather, it was the effect of these on the role which agriculture played in the life of the nation and the effect on …

    hull Repository record

  2. Public Opinion in Benjamin Constant's Political Thought

    Ghins, ArthurUniversity of Cambridge2019

    … Constant’s all-pervasive use of the concept of ‘public opinion.’ The dissertation is divided into three main chapters, which unfold along chronological lines. The first chapter is devoted to the Directory period (1795-1799). The second chapter covers the years of Napoléon’s acme, from the fall of …

    cambridge Repository record

  3. Social Networks, Public Opinion, and Foreign Policy

    Radziszewski, ElizabethUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign2015

    … show that networks' effectiveness in shaping public opinion is largely dependent on the types of policies that dominate the national agenda. Policies with direct implications for average citizens, such as European integration, create an opportunity for extensive political discussions and …

    uiuc Repository record

  4. AUTOCRATIZATION AND PUBLIC OPINION ONDEMOCRACY: INSIGHTS FROM TURKEY

    ASLAN, REMZIYE GULUniversità degli Studi di Milano2025

    … of this wave, its consequences—especially for public opinion—remain underexplored. This gap is critical, given that regime types and transitions shape citizens' public opinion on democracy, ultimately affecting the long-term stability and consolidation of autocratizing regimes. This …

    milano Repository record

  5. Public opinion on cyber-bullying laws in Canada

    Condon, JulianneUniversity of Ontario Institute of Technology2015

    … This study attempts to understand whether the public perceives cyber-bullying as a problem, whether they feel stakeholders are taking sufficient action against cyber-bullying; and, finally whether they feel special laws should be introduced to deal specifically with cyber-bullying. Through a …

    uoit Repository record

  6. Green Building: Public Opinion, Semantics, And Heuristic Processing

    Webb, Christina Michelle

    Research on public support for green building has, to date, been incomplete. Understanding the demographics of individuals that support green building has remained secondary to merely determining real opinions on the topic. The identity of supporters and the motivation behind their support is the …

    ucf

  7. Measuring and Understanding Public Opinion on Human Evolution

    Gwon, MisookUniversity of Cincinnati2012

    … response categories that mask complexity in public opinion (Bishop 2006; Moore 2008). The main problems concerning the leading survey questions about evolution are: first, questions measure only a single dimension, thus they ignore the potential for multidimensionality in people’s attitudes. …

    ohiolink Repository record

  8. PREJUDICE TOWARD MUSLIM AMERICANS AND AMERICAN PUBLIC OPINION

    Kalkan, Kerem Ozan2010

    This dissertation attempts to answer an important question: What explains prejudice toward Muslim Americans in contemporary American society? Through a new theoretical framework --- the ``Band of Others,'' --- I empirically show that attitudes toward Muslim Americans follow an ethnocentric pattern. …

    maryland Repository record

  9. Context and Place Effects in Environmental Public Opinion

    Bishop, Bradford Harrison2013

    … environment.</p><p>Research into the dynamics of public opinion has found a generic relationship between policy change and public demands for activist government. Yet, less is known about the relationship between policy and attitudes in individual issue areas. In the first chapter, I investigate …

    duke Repository record

  10. The persuasive public-opinion poll in city-planning

    Townsend, Richard GMassachusetts Institute of Technology1959

    Thesis (M.C.P.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of City and Regional Planning, 1959.

    mit Repository record

  11. Public Opinion and the Oregon Death with Dignity Act

    Sandeen, Peggy Jo Ann

    portland-state Repository record

  12. PUBLIC OPINION TOWARDS TECHNOCRACY: ATTITUDES, PREFERENCES AND VOTING BEHAVIOR

    ROSCO, JESSICAUniversità degli Studi di Milano2025

    This dissertation investigates public opinion toward technocratic governance and its compatibility with liberal representative democracy. While technocracy and democracy are often portrayed as conceptually opposed—one grounded in expertise, the other in popular sovereignty—empirical developments …

    milano Repository record

  13. Assessing public opinion toward homelessness in the United States

    Dugan, Joni Mari2019

    This study examines the relationship between a variety of demographic characteristics and an individual's feelings and helping behavior towards the homeless population. This study also distinguishes between the way urban residents feel and act towards the problem of homelessness with the way that …

    wvu Repository record

  14. Political Awareness and Public Opinion on Health Care Reform

    Kanojia, Anjali H. 1978-University of Houston2013

    … continue to shape, frame and even manipulate public opinion, especially on contentious policy issues such as health care reform. Political information from elite discourse is often partisan in nature, which shapes citizens’ attitudes toward policy issues. Citizens who are politically aware …

    houston Repository record

  15. The politics of public opinion: Polls, pollsters and presidents

    Mattes, Robert BrittUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign2011

    ETDs are only available to UIUC Users without author permission

    uiuc Repository record

  16. Traditional leadership, democratic authority and public opinion in Botswana

    Mpule, Keneilwe PDepartment of Political Studies2011

    … not been immune to this anomaly. By employing public opinion data from the Afrobarometer surveys of 1999, 2003, 2005 and 2008, the study hopes to contribute towards the limited empirical research on traditional leaders, particularly in Botswana, which will make a valuable contribution to a more …

    cape-town Repository record

  17. Bilingual policies are affected by alternative programs and public opinion: (A study of alternative bilingual programs and public opinion in California from 1994-1996)

    Kimura-Gorecki, Katherine Lynn

    … are affected by alternative programs and public opinion.

    csusb-retro Repository record

  18. Tuberculosis Awareness and Public Opinion on Expanding Health Insurance Coverage

    Saadeh, Belal A., PhD, MSN, RN2021

    … item created by the researcher assessed personal opinion regarding expansion of health insurance coverage; and a demographic questionnaire was used to collect data from 281 registered voters in San Diego County. The majority of San Diego County voters participating in the study supported at least …

    usd-thes Repository record

  19. How welfare state regimes shape public opinion on climate policies

    Hinc, H.A.2025

    tilburg Repository record

  20. Depolarizing Environmental Policy: Identities and Public Opinion on the Environment

    Pechar, Emily Kathleen2019

    <p>High levels of partisan polarization on environmental policies, and on climate change in particular, have led to policy gridlock in the United States. While most Americans rely on their partisan identities to guide their policy preferences on highly polarizing issues, other non-partisan …

    duke Repository record

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