Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Tables and Figures vii
4. Preface xi
5. 1. Rational Public Opinion 1
6. 2. The Myth of Capricious Change 37
7. 3. Opinions about Social Issues 67
8. 4. Economic Welfare 117
9. 5. Foreign Policy: World War II and the Cold War 172
10. 6. Vietnam, Detente, and the New Cold War 221
11. 7. Parallel Publics 285
12. 8. The Causes of Collective Opinion Change 321
13. 9. Education and Manipulation of Public Opinion 355
14. 10. Democracy,Information,and the Rational Public 383
15. Appendix to Figures 399
16. Notes 421
17. Bibliography 441
18. Index 467