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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.

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Book category Books in English Society & social sciences Politics & government Political control & freedoms

• Full title: Numbered Voices
• Subtitle: How Opinion Polling Has Shaped American Politics
• Author: Susan Herbst
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardback
• Number of pages: 228
• EAN: 9780226327426
• ID: 04545791
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Weight: 509 g
• Dimensions: 223 × 148 × 21 mm
• Date of publishing: April 1993

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