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Coming to Public Judgment: Making Democracy Work in a Complex World.
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1992
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Public JudgmentForemost FigurePublic OpinionPolitical BehaviorLiberal DemocracySocial SciencesSilent Power StruggleProvocative PrescriptionDemocracyGovernmental ProcessDeliberative PoliticsPolitical CommunicationPublic SphereMajority InfluenceAmerican PoliticsPublic PolicyComplex WorldPolitical PowerPolitical AgendaDeliberative DemocracyArtsDemocracy WorkPolitical SciencePublic Debate
In this work, the foremost figure in American public opinion research offers a provocative prescription for strengthening the public's hand in its silent power struggle with the experts. Yankelovich sees a need for a proper balance of power and influence between the public and elite groups.