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Part I: What Should the Role of Citizens Be in a Democratic Society? \\ Chapter 1: Public Opinion in a Democracy \\ Theories of Democracy \\ What Is Public Opinion? \\ Defining Key Concepts \\ Empirical Assessments of Public Opinion \\ Themes of the Book \\ Key Concepts \\ Suggested Sources for Further Reading \\ Appendix: Studying Public Opinion Empirically \\ Public Opinion Surveys \\ Experiments \\ Interviews \\ Focus Groups \\ Content Analysis \\ Conclusion \\ Key Concepts \\ Suggested Sources for Further Reading \\ Part II: Are Citizens Pliable? \\ Chapter 2: Political Socialization \\ Childhood Socialization \\ Parental Transmission of Political Attitudes \\ Generational and Period Effects \\ Genetic Inheritance of Political Attitudes \\ Conclusion \\ Key Concepts \\ Suggested Sources for Further Reading \\ Chapter 3: Mass Media \\ What Should Citizens Expect from the Mass Media in a Democracy? \\ What General Characteristics of the Mass Media Shape News Coverage? \\ What Specific Characteristics of the Traditional News Media Shape the Reporting of Political Events? \\ Are Citizens Affected by the Mass Media? \\ Media Effects in a Changing Technological Environment \\ Conclusion \\ Key Concepts \\ Suggested Sources for Further Reading \\ Chapter 4: Attitude Stability and Attitude Change \\ Are Americans’ Attitudes Stable? \\ Presidential Approval \\ Psychological Approaches to Attitudes \\ Conclusion \\ Key Concepts \\ Suggested Sources for Further Reading \\ Part III: Do Citizens Organize Their Political Thinking? \\ Chapter 5: Ideology, Partisanship, and Polarization \\ Converse’s Claim: Ideological Innocence \\ Ideological Identification \\ Party Identification \\ Polarization \\ Conclusion \\ Key Concepts \\ Suggested Sources for Further Reading \\ Chapter 6: Pluralistic Roots of Public Opinion: Personality, Self-Interest, Values, and History \\ Personality \\ Self-Interest \\ Values \\ Historical Events \\ Conclusion \\ Key Concepts \\ Suggested Sources for Further Reading \\ Chapter 7: Pluralistic Roots of Public Opinion: The Central Role of Groups \\ Race and Public Opinion \\ Gender and Public Opinion \\ Conclusion \\ Key Concepts \\ Suggested Sources for Further Reading \\ Part IV: Do Citizens Endorse and Demonstrate Democratic Basics? \\ Chapter 8: Knowledge, Interest, and Attention to Politics \\ How Knowledgeable, Interested, and Attentive Should Citizens Be in a Democracy? \\ Are Citizens Knowledgeable about Politics? \\ Measuring Political Knowledge \\ Why Are Some Citizens More Knowledgeable than Others? \\ What Are the Consequences of Political Knowledge? \\ Are Citizens Interested in and Attentive to Politics? \\ Conclusion \\ Key Concepts \\ Suggested Sources for Further Reading \\ Chapter 9: Support for Civil Liberties \\ Are Americans Tolerant? \\ Sources of Tolerant Attitudes \\ Contextual Influences on Tolerance Judgments \\ Are Elites More Tolerant? \\ Civil Liberties Post-9/11 \\ Conclusion \\ Key Concepts \\ Suggested Sources for Further Reading \\ Chapter 10: Support for Civil Rights \\ Public Opinion and Presidential Candidates \\ Support for Civil Rights Policies \\ Conclusion \\ Key Concepts \\ Suggested Sources for Further Reading \\ Part V: What Is the Relationship between Citizens and Their Government? \\ Chapter 11: Trust in Government, Support for Institutions, and Social Capital \\ Trust in Government \\ Support for Institutions \\ Social Capital \\ Conclusion \\ Key Concepts \\ Suggested Sources for Further Reading \\ Chapter 12: Impact of Public Opinion on Policy \\ Should Public Opinion Influence Policy? \\ Is Public Opinion Related to Policy? \\ Do Politicians Follow or Lead the Public? \\ Public Opinion and Foreign Policy \\ Conclusion \\ Key Concepts \\ Suggested Sources for Further Reading \\ Part VI: What Do We Make of Public Opinion in a Democracy? \\ Chapter 13: Conclusion \\ What Should the Role of Citizens Be in a Democratic Society? \\ Are Citizens Pliable? \\ Do Citizens Organize Their Political Thinking? \\ Do Citizens Endorse and Demonstrate Democratic Basics? \\ What Is the Relationship between Citizens and Their Government? \\ What Do We Make of Public Opinion in a Democracy?

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