In democratic societies, opinion polls play a vital role. But it has been demonstrated that many people do not have an opinion about major issues--the "nonattitudes" problem. Also, the framing of questions in different ways can generate very different estimates of public opinion--the "framing" effec[...]

Half a century since the publication of An American Dilemma, Gunnar Myrdal's seminal work on race in America, this book contributes to a fresh understanding of this dilemma by viewing the issues of race as they are now. 'This extremely important book has a number of strengths: most important, its in[...]