Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. List of Figures vii
4. List of Tables xi
5. Acknowledgments xiii
6. CHAPTER 1. A Fickle Public? 1
7. Part 1. THEORY AND METHODS
8. CHAPTER 2. Predispositions 15
9. CHAPTER 3. Why Does Political Information Matter? 27
10. CHAPTER 4. Ambivalence, Uncertainty, and Equivocation 52
11. Part 2. MASS PUBLIC OPINION
12. CHAPTER 5. Ambivalent Attitudes: Abortion and Euthanasia 67
13. CHAPTER 6. Uncertainty and Racial Attitudes 100
14. CHAPTER 7. Equivocation 125
15. Part 3. MASSES AND ELITES
16. CHAPTER 8. Mass Opinion and Representation 151
17. CHAPTER 9. Do Elites Experience Ambivalence Where Masses Do Not? 194
18. CHAPTER 10. Politics, Psychology, and the Survey Response 216
19. Notes 225
20. Index 243