Public Opinion Books

New and Published Books

1. Public Relations and Nation Building

   Influencing Israel

   By Margalit Toledano, David McKie

   Series: Routledge New Directions in Public Relations & Communication Research

   All public relations emerges from particular environments, but the specific conditions of Israel offer an exceptional study of the accelerators and inhibitors of professional development in the history of a nation. Documenting and analyzing the contribution of one profession to building one...

   Published March 17th 2013 by Routledge
2. Trust and Confidence in Government and Public Services

   Edited by Sue Llewellyn, Stephen Brookes, Ann Mahon

   Series: Routledge Critical Studies in Public Management

   Trust and confidence are topical issues. Pundits claim that citizens trust governments and public services increasingly less - identifying a powerful new erosion of confidence that, in the US, goes back at least to Watergate in the 1970s. Recently, media exposure in the UK about MP expenses has...

   Published March 4th 2013 by Routledge
3. Immigration and Public Opinion in Liberal Democracies

   Edited by Gary P. Freeman, Randall Hansen, David L. Leal

   Series: Routledge Research in Comparative Politics

   Although ambivalence characterizes the stance of scholars toward the desirability of close opinion-policy linkages in general, it is especially evident with regard to immigration. The controversy and disagreement about whether public opinion should drive immigration policy are among the factors...

   Published December 18th 2012 by Routledge
4. Global Movement

   Edited by Ruth Reitan

   Series: Rethinking Globalizations

   Critical research and theorizing on the Anti- or Alter-Globalization Movement has exploded over the last two decades. This volume provides a platform for scholar-activists themselves to share insights from engaged research and to critically reflect on movement histories and internal dynamics. It...

   Published November 28th 2012 by Routledge
5. American Exceptionalism in the Age of Obama

   By Stephen Brooks

   Series: Routledge Research in American Politics and Governance

   The election of President Obama in 2008 and the apparent decline of American power in the world has rekindled an old and important debate. Is the United States exceptional in its values and institutions, as well as in the role that it is destined to play in world affairs? In this book, Stephen...

   Published November 13th 2012 by Routledge
6. Economic Patriotism in Open Economies

   Edited by Ben Clift, Cornelia Woll

   Series: Journal of European Public Policy Special Issues as Books

   The recent financial crisis has demonstrated that governments continuously seek to steer their economies rather than leaving them to free markets. Despite the ambitions of international economic cooperation, such interventionism is decidedly local. Some politicians even proudly evoke "economic...

   Published November 8th 2012 by Routledge
7. The Battle for Tolmers Square (Routledge Revivals)

   By Nick Wates

   Series: Routledge Revivals

   First published in 1976, this book tells of the dramatic struggle between tenants’ groups, community associations, students, squatters, intellectuals, political parties, and property developers at Tolmers Square in north London. The author describes how property developers, interested only in...

   Published October 25th 2012 by Routledge
8. Turkey and the EU: Accession and Reform

   Edited by Gamze Avci, Ali Çarkoğlu

   Series: South European Society and Politics

   Turkish accession to the European Union is an important but controversial item on the agenda of the European Union. By focusing on the various domestic sources that drive Turkish politics, this comprehensive study of both classic and new topics supported by fresh, new insights fills a void in the...

   Published August 29th 2012 by Routledge
9. The Politics of Race in Latino Communities

   Walking the Color Line

   By Atiya Kai Stokes-Brown

   Series: Routledge Series on Identity Politics

   Latinos are the fastest growing population group in the U.S. and have exerted widespread influence in numerous aspects of American culture from entertainment to economics. Unlike Asian, black, white, and Native Americans who are defined by race, Latinos can be of any race and are beginning to shed...

   Published June 24th 2012 by Routledge
10. Accountability in Crises and Public Trust in Governing Institutions

    By Lina Svedin

    Series: Routledge Studies in Governance and Public Policy

    This book examines how efforts to exert accountability in crises affect public trust in governing institutions. Using Sweden as the case study, this book provides a framework to analyse accountability in crises and looks at how this affects trust in government. Crises test the fabric of governing...

    Published April 1st 2012 by Routledge