A central question in political representation is whether government responds to the people. To understand that, we need to know what the government is doing, a

This 1992 book explains how people acquire political information from elites and the mass media and convert it into political preferences.

List of Tables and Figures Introduction 1. Elite Opinion Theory and Activated Mass Opinion 2. Black Insurgency and the Dynamics of Mass Opinion 3. The Sovereign

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Public opinion matters. It registers itself on the public consciousness, translates into politics and policy, and impels politicians to run for office and, once