The Nature and Origins of Mass Opinion Reconsidered

Do elites shape public opinion? Should they? What Determines Public Opinion? addresses these questions through a symposium on John Zaller’s pathbreaking The Nature and Origins of Mass Opinion (1992) after twenty years. Contributors include leading political theorists, political psychologists, and public opinion specialists, including Zaller himself._x005F_x000D_ This book was published as a special issue of Critical Review: A Journal of Politics and Society.