The Roles of Public Opinion Research in Canadian Government /

The Roles of Public Opinion Research in Canadian Government / / Christopher Page.

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It is a common assumption that governments use public opinion research primarily to help them make popular decisions about major policy issues but few scholars have ever looked beyond this assumption to investigate its veracity. In The Roles of Public Opinion Research in Canadian Government, Christo...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013
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Page, Christopher,
Place / Publishing House:Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2016]
©2006
Year of Publication:2016
Language:English
Series:IPAC Series in Public Management and Governance
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Physical Description:1 online resource (260 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • 1. Public Opinion and Polling
  • 2. Public Opinion and Policy-making
  • 3. The Practice and Framework of Opinion Research for Government in Canada
  • 4. An Overview of the Uses of Opinion Research in the Policy Process
  • 5. Opinion Research and Government Communications
  • 6. Opinion Research and Constitutional Renewal, 1980-1
  • 7. Opinion Research and the Goods and Services Tax
  • 8. Opinion Research and Gun Control
  • 9. Constraints on the Use of Opinion Research in Government
  • 10. Conclusion
  • Appendices
  • Notes
  • Index

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