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.

This book was published as a special issue of Critical Review: A Journal of Politics and Society.