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International Journal of Public Opinion Research 2007 19(4):515-520; doi:10.1093/ijpor/edm026
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© The Author 2007. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of The World Association for Public Opinion Research. All rights reserved.

Recent Books in the Field of Public Opinion Research

Compiled by Connie de Boer

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   Rodney E. Hero (2007). Racial Diversity and Social Capital. Equality and Community in America. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press, 200 pp., ISBN 978–0–521–69861–0.
 
In his study of social and political phenomena in America, Rodney Hero combines two theoretical perspectives, the racial diversity and the social capital thesis. The racial diversity thesis focuses on inequality, on the unique experiences of a minority population. The social capital thesis emphasizes the sense of ‘community’ in social and political orientations. Hero assesses the accuracy, the adequacy and the appropriateness of these two theoretical perspectives to comprehend American politics. He reviews and summarizes both theories, and he also explores their explanatory power. These analyzes are based on state-level data and on national opinion data. Hero shows that racial diversity continues to shape American politics and that—to his own regret—social capital has few beneficial consequences for relative racial equality. He concludes the book with suggestions for further research, such as the study of factors explaining the origins of social capital, and a reconsideration of the theoretical concept which may . . . [Full Text of this Article]


   Katherine Cramer Walsh (2007). Talking about Race. Community Dialogues and the Politics of Difference. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press, 344 pp., ISBN 978–0–226–86907–0.
 

   Udo Kelle (2007). Die Integration qualitativer und quantitativer Methoden in der empirischen Sozialforschung. Theoretische Grundlagen und methodologische Konzepte [The Integration of Qualitative and Quantitative Methods in Social Reasearch. Fundamentals of Theory and Concepts of Methodology], Wiesbaden, Germany: VS-Verlag, 331 pp., ISBN 978–3–531–15312–4.
 

   Connie de Boer and Harm 't Hart (2007). Publieke Opinie [Public Opinion]. Amsterdam, the Netherlands: Boom Onderwijs, 212 pp., ISBN 987–90–473–0015–1.
 

   Darren W. Davis (2007). Negative Liberty. Public Opinion and the Terrorist Attacks on America. New York, NY: Russell Sage Foundation, 276 pp., ISBN 978–0–87154–322–6.
 

   Art Silverblatt (2007). Genre Studies in Mass Media. A Handbook. Armonk, NY: M.E. Sharpe, 258 pp., ISBN 978–0–7656–1670–8.
 

   Beate Kohler-Koch and Berthold Rittberger (Eds.) (2007). Debating the Democratic Legitimacy of the European Union. Lanham, MA: Rowman & Littlefield, 392 pp., ISBN 978–0–7425–5492–4.
 

   Peter Nedergaard (2007). European Union Administration: Legitimacy and Efficiency. Leiden, Netherlands: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, 201 pp., ISBN 978–90–04–15573–2.
 

   Valerie M. Sue and Lois A. Ritter (2007). Conducting Online Surveys. Thousand Oaks, CAL: Sage, 194 pp., ISBN 978–1–4129–3754–2.
 

   Richard Rose, William Mishler, and Neil Munro (2007). Russia Transformed. Developing Popular Support for a New Regime. Cambridge, United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press, 226 pp., ISBN 978–0–521–69241–0.
 

   Roger Jowell, Caroline Roberts, Rory Fitzgerald, and Gillian Eva (Eds.) (2007). Measuring Attitudes Cross-Nationally. Lessons from the European Social Survey. London, United Kingdom: Sage, 272 pp., ISBN 978–1–4129–1981–4.
 

   Kristina Wied (2007). Der Wahlabend im deutschen Fernsehen. Wandel und Stabilität der Wahlberichterstattung [Election's Eve in German Television. Change and Stability in TV-Coverage], Wiesbaden, Germany: VS-Verlag, 420 pp., ISBN 978-3-531-15302-5.
 

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