‎Blade, William a‎
‎Public Opinion‎

‎Public Opinion and Political Contest in Late Medieval Paris. The Parisian Bourgeois and his Community, 1400-50‎

‎, Brepols, 2023 Hardback, 328 pages, Size:178 x 254 mm, Illustrations:8 b/w, 5 tables b/w., 2 maps b/w, Language: English. ISBN 9782503593869.‎

‎Summary Public Opinion and Political Contest presents an important historiographical intervention regarding the emergence of larger political publics during the fifteenth century. The study analyses political interaction and public opinion in medieval Europe's largest city through the lens of the only continuous narrative source compiled in Paris during the early fifteenth century, the well-known Journal d'un bourgeois de Paris. Examining one of the most turbulent periods in Paris' history, which witnessed civil conflict and English occupation, the monograph contributes substantially to understandings of late medieval popular opinion conceptually and empirically, revealing Parisian groups bound by shared idioms and assumptions engaging with supralocal movements. Through an assessment of contemporary reactions to official communication, protest in public space, rumour and civic ceremony, the book presents a timely mirror to themes in flux today, addressing historiographical conclusions that have relegated premodern societies from considerations of the public sphere. As a result, this nuanced assessment of the Journal d'un bourgeois de Paris reveals how access to informational media and forums for discussion bound Parisians and framed a wider commentary upon political issues beyond the highest echelons of medieval society. TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction 1. The Bourgeois of Paris and his Community 2. Official Communication, Propaganda and Popular Reaction 3. Rumour and Resistance 4. Public Space and Political Contest 5. Civic Ceremony and Royal Ideology Conclusion‎

‎Public Opinion in a Democracy. - [GALLUP ON OPINION POLLS AND DEMOCRACY]‎

‎[No place], Princeton University, 1939. 8vo. In the original printed wrappers. Fine and clean. 15 pp.‎

‎First printing - and first non-academic publication ever - of Gallup's famous speech on whether democracy is the best kind of government and how democracy can be made more efficient. Gallup believed that public opinion polls served an important function in a democracy: ""If government is supposed to be based on the will of the people, somebody ought to go and find what that will is,"" Gallup explained.Gallup was worried by the public opinion in Europe - especially in Italy and Germany - during the thirties: ""In a world which moves as rapidly as the modern world does, it is often desirable to know the people's will on basic policies at more frequent intervals. We cannot put issues off and say ""let thembe decided at the next election"". World events do not wait on elections. We need to know the will of the people at all times."" (From the present speech). Gallup (1901 - 1984), as head of the Department of Journalism at Drake University until 1931. That year, he moved to Evanston, Illinois, as a professor of journalism and advertising at Northwestern University. The next year, he moved toNew York City to join the advertising agency of Young and Rubicam as director of research (later as vice president from 1937 to 1947). He was also professor of journalism at Columbia University, but he had to give up this position shortly after he formed his own polling company, the American Institute of Public Opinion (Gallup Poll), in 1935. In 1936, his new organization achieved national recognition by correctly predicting, from the replies of only 50,000 respondents, that Franklin Roosevelt would defeat Alf Landon in the U.S. Presidential election. This was in direct contradiction to the widely respected Literary Digest magazine whose poll based on over two million returned questionnaires predicted that Landon would be the winner. Not only did Gallup get the election right, he correctly predicted the results of the Literary Digest poll as well using a random sample smaller than theirs but chosen to match it.‎

‎Monitoring Public Opinion: Economic and Social Change: The Almanac 2017: A Compi‎

‎Monitoring Public Opinion: Economic and Social Change: The Almanac 2017: A Compi. JSC All-Russian Center for the Study of Public Opinion (JSC VTSIOM). Moscow. JSC VTSIOM. 2017. 336 p. SKUalba8dc386e2b2b46ab.‎

‎Obshchestvennoe mnenie SShA: oprosy i politika. In Russian /US Public Opinion...‎

‎Short description: In Russian. Petrovskaya, Mira Mikhailovna. US Public Opinion: Polls and Politics. Moscow: International Relations, 1977. Obshchestvennoe mnenie SShA: oprosy i politika. In Russian /US Public Opinion: Polls and Politics. The image is provided for reference only. It may reflect condition of one of the available copies or only help in identifying the edition. Please feel free to contact us for a detailed description of the copies available. SKU7688421‎

‎Safarov R. A. Public opinion and public administration. In Russian /Safarov R. ‎

‎Safarov R. A. Public opinion and public administration. In Russian /Safarov R. A. Obshchestvennoe mnenie i gosudarstvennoe upravlenie. M. Editions of Legal Literature 1975. 256 p. We have thousands of titles and often several copies of each title may be available. Please feel free to contact us for a detailed description of the copies available. SKUalbc68501cbfc44d43a.‎