The Roles of Public Opinion Research in Canadian Government.

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 -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y.

The Roles of Public Opinion Research in Canadian Governmentdemonstrates 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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