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- catalog abstract "Publisher description: Quantifying the American mood through opinion polls appears to be an unbiased means for finding out what people want. But in Numbered Voices, Susan Herbst demonstrates that the way public opinion is measured affects the use that voters, legislators, and journalists make of it. Exploring the history of public opinion in the United States from the mid-nineteenth century to the present day, Herbst shows how numbers served both instrumental and symbolic functions, not only conveying neutral information but creating a basis authority. Addressing how the quantification of public opinion has affected contemporary politics and the democratic process, Herbst asks difficult but fundamental questions about the workings of American politics.".
- catalog contributor b4110002.
- catalog created "1993.".
- catalog date "1993".
- catalog date "1993.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1993.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 205-217) and index.".
- catalog description "Preface -- Introduction -- 1: Quantification and Rationality -- 2: Numbers and Symbolic Politics -- 3: Techniques of Opinion Expression and Measurement -- 4: Partisan Politics and the Symbolic Use of Straw Polls, 1856-1936 -- 5: Congressmen, Journalists, and Opinion Assessment, 1930-1950 -- 6: Contemporary Public Opinion Research -- 7: Crowd Estimation and Public Opinion -- 8: Opinion Quantification and Democracy -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.".
- catalog description "Publisher description: Quantifying the American mood through opinion polls appears to be an unbiased means for finding out what people want. But in Numbered Voices, Susan Herbst demonstrates that the way public opinion is measured affects the use that voters, legislators, and journalists make of it. Exploring the history of public opinion in the United States from the mid-nineteenth century to the present day, Herbst shows how numbers served both instrumental and symbolic functions, not only conveying neutral information but creating a basis authority. Addressing how the quantification of public opinion has affected contemporary politics and the democratic process, Herbst asks difficult but fundamental questions about the workings of American politics.".
- catalog extent "xi, 227 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0226327426 (alk. paper)".
- catalog isPartOf "American politics and political economy series".
- catalog isPartOf "American politics and political economy.".
- catalog issued "1993".
- catalog issued "1993.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Chicago : University of Chicago Press,".
- catalog spatial "United States".
- catalog spatial "United States.".
- catalog subject "303.3/8/0973 20".
- catalog subject "HN90.P8 H47 1993".
- catalog subject "Political participation United States History.".
- catalog subject "Political participation United States.".
- catalog subject "Public opinion United States History.".
- catalog subject "Public opinion United States.".
- catalog subject "Public opinion polls History.".
- catalog subject "Public opinion polls.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Preface -- Introduction -- 1: Quantification and Rationality -- 2: Numbers and Symbolic Politics -- 3: Techniques of Opinion Expression and Measurement -- 4: Partisan Politics and the Symbolic Use of Straw Polls, 1856-1936 -- 5: Congressmen, Journalists, and Opinion Assessment, 1930-1950 -- 6: Contemporary Public Opinion Research -- 7: Crowd Estimation and Public Opinion -- 8: Opinion Quantification and Democracy -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.".
- catalog title "Numbered voices : how opinion polling has shaped American politics / Susan Herbst.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".