{"product_id":"hard-choices-easy-answers-values-information-and-american-public-opinion-9780691096353","title":"Hard Choices Easy Answers  Values Information and","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDevelops a theory of response variability that, by reconciling the strengths and weaknesses of the standard approaches, that helps pollsters and scholars resolve perennial problems. This work offers an analysis of what a respondent is likely to choose, and also how variable those choices would be under differing circumstances.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A provocative and important statement about the nature and functioning of mass opinion... Alvarez and Brehm bring a sophisticated methodological arsenal to bear on enduring questions of public opinion. They have produced an invaluable study of the structural underpinnings of political attitudes, one that is deserving of serious consideration from a broad range of social scientists.\"--Howard Lavine, Perspectives on Politics\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eList of Figures vii  List of Tables xi  Acknowledgments xiii  Chapter 1: A Fickle Public? 1  PART 1 :THEORY AND METHODS 13  Chapter 2: Predispositions 15  Chapter 3: Why Does Political Information Matter? 27  Chapter 4: Ambivalence, Uncertainty, and Equivocation 52  PART 2: MASS PUBLIC OPINION 65  Chapter 5: Ambivalent Attitudes: Abortion and Euthanasia 67  Chapter 6: Uncertainty and Racial Attitudes 100  Chapter 7: Equivocation 125  PART 3 : MASSES AND ELITES 149  Chapter 8: Mass Opinion and Representation 151  Chapter 9: Do Elites Experience Ambivalence Where Masses Do Not? 194  Chapter 10: Politics, Psychology, and the Survey Response 216  Notes 225  References 233  Index 243","brand":"Princeton University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51359104303447,"sku":"9780691096353","price":31.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780691096353.jpg?v=1754123604","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/hard-choices-easy-answers-values-information-and-american-public-opinion-9780691096353","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}