The Roles of Public Opinion Research in Canadian Government.

The Roles of Public Opinion Research in Canadian Government demonstrates that opinion research has a greater variety of roles than is often recognized, and that, despite conventional wisdom, its foremost impact is to help governments determine how to communicate with citizens.

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator: Page, Christopher.
Format: eBook Electronic
Language:English
Imprint: Toronto : University of Toronto Press, 2006.
Series:IPAC Series in Public Management and Governance
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Local Note:Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2022. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • 1 Public Opinion and Polling
  • 2 Public Opinion and Policy-making
  • 3 The Practice and Framework of Opinion Research for Government in Canada
  • 4 An Overview of the Uses of Opinion Research in the Policy Process
  • 5 Opinion Research and Government Communications
  • 6 Opinion Research and Constitutional Renewal, 1980-1
  • 7 Opinion Research and the Goods and Services Tax
  • 8 Opinion Research and Gun Control
  • 9 Constraints on the Use of Opinion Research in Government
  • 10 Conclusion
  • Appendix 1 Federal Government Poll on the Constitution
  • Appendices 2.1-2.4 Polling on the Goods and Services Tax
  • Appendices 3.1-3.2 Polling on Gun Control
  • Appendix 4 Selected Interview Sources
  • Notes
  • Index
  • A
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