POLSCI 111 Study Guide - Final Guide: Maurice Duverger, Resource Mobilization, Monetarism

• School: U of M
• Department: Political Science
• Course: POLSCI 111
• Professor: Arthur Lupia

Document Summary

In depth study guide of all chapters for final exam. Chapter 9: public opinion: public opinion, public opinion in a democratic system. Public opinion is a crucial input that shapes government actions. Public opinion remains an unclear definition but can be defined as . Public opinion: a collection of attitudes and preferences of the mass public. Opinion: an evaluation of a subject such as a politician or a policy. Predisposition: a deeper value or belief about politics that tents to be stable overtime. There are many different ways people study public opinion. Quantitative analysis is the most popular/common method of analyzing public opinion. Relationship between the public and the government can be viewed as a special principle-agent problem. Public opinion constantly fluctuates even over relatively short periods of time: measuring public opinion. The study of public opinion is one of the most developed areas of research in social science.