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International Journal of Public Opinion Research 2008 20(2):262-267; doi:10.1093/ijpor/edn025
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© The Author 2008. 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

With thanks to Simone Ehmig and Nikolaus Jackob for contributing the reviews of the Italian- and German-language books, respectively.

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   Marita Carballo and Ulf Hjelmar (Eds.) (2008). Public Opinion Polling in a Globalized World. Berlin/Heidelberg, Germany: Springer, 300 pp., ISBN 978-3-540-75752-8.
 
The contributors to this volume discuss issues related to polling in relation to democracy and the globalizing world. The case studies cover a variety of public opinion issues in 12 countries: Argentina, the Balkans, Canada, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, New Zealand, Norway, Sweden, the United Kingdom, and the United States. The chapters in the first part use international polls and focus on people's views on democracy, agreements, and disagreements between the public in the U.S. and the European Union, European integration, difference in cultural and political viewpoints between the public in the U.S. and Latin America, and the potential EU accession of the Western Balkans. The chapters in the second part treat issues related to public opinion polling in national elections, the use of exit polls, methodological problems of election polling, and the role of polls in an election campaign. The third part is devoted to the use of polls . . . [Full Text of this Article]


   Piergiorgio Corbetta and Giancarlo Gasperoni (Eds.) (2007). I sondaggi politici nelle democrazie contemporanee [Political Polls in Contemporary Democratic Societies]. Bologna, Italy: Società Editrice Il Mulino, 196 pp., ISBN 978-88-15-11032-9.
 

   José Casas Pardo and Pedro Schwartz (Eds.) (2007). Public Choice and the Challenges of Democracy. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar, 366 pp., ISBN 978-1-84720-064-8.
 

   Juliana Raupp (2007). Politische Meinungsforschung. Die Verwendung von Umfragen in der politischen Kommunikation [Political Survey Research. The Use of Surveys in Political Communication]. Konstanz, Germany: UVK, 202 pp., ISBN 978-3-89669-595-6.
 

   William O. Dailey, Edward A. Hinck, and Shelly S. Hinck (2008). Politeness in Presidential Debates. Shaping Political Face in Campaign Debates from 1960 to 2004. Lanham, Maryland: Rowman & Littlefield, 199 pp., ISBN 978-0-7425-2974-8.
 

   Russell J. Dalton (2008). The Good Citizen. How a Younger Generation is Reshaping American Politics. Washington, DC: CQ Press, 200 pp., ISBN 978-0-87289-538-6.
 

   Neil J. Smelser (2007). The Faces of Terrorism. Social and Psychological Dimensions. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 285 pp., ISBN 978-0-691-13308-9.
 

   Christopher J. Grill (2008). The Public Side of Representation. A Study of Citizens’ Views about Representatives and the Representative Process. Albany, NY: State University of New York Press, 210 pp., ISBN 978-0-7914-7169-2.
 

   David Denemark, Gabrielle Meagher, Shaun Wilson, Mark Western, and Timothy Phillips (Eds.) (2007). Australian Social Attitudes 2. Citizenship, Work and Aspirations. Sydney, Australia: University of New South Wales Press, 320 pp., ISBN 978-0-86840-861-3.
 

   Claes de Vreese (Ed.) (2007). The Dynamics of Referendum Campaigns. An International Perspective. Hampshire, UK: Palgrave Macmillan, 272 pp., ISBN 978-0-230-51783-7.
 

   Jeffrey Wimmer (2007). (Gegen-)Öffentlichkeit in der Mediengesellschaft. Analyse eines medialen Spannungsverhältnisses [(Anti-) Public in Media Society]. Wiesbaden, Germany: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften, 297 pp., ISBN 978-3-531-15374-2.
 

   Frederick G. Conrad and Michael F. Schober (Eds.) (2008). Envisioning the Survey Interview of the Future. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, 298 pp., ISBN 978-0-471-78627-6.
 

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