American Attitudes [[electronic resource] ] : Who Thinks What about the Issues That Shape Our Lives

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910389437503321
• Autore: Editors The New Strategist
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Amityville, : New Strategist Press, LLC, 2015
• ISBN: 1-885070-66-7
• Edizione: [8th ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (605 p.)
• Disciplina: 303.38; 306.0973
• Soggetti: Americans -- Attitudes -- Statistics; Public opinion -- United States -- Statistics; Social surveys -- United States -- Statistics; United States -- Social conditions -- 1980-; Social Conditions; Sociology & Social History; Social Sciences; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Sommario/riassunto: The eighth edition of American Attitudes: Who Thinks What about the Issues That Shape Our Lives coaxes the results of the latest (2014) General Social Survey out of the shadows of academia and makes them readily available for researchers who want to explore Americans' changing attitudes. In hundreds of tables, the eighth edition of American Attitudes taps into the GSS gold mine, revealing what the public thinks about topics ranging from gay marriage to the American Dream, and the pros and cons of patriotism, how Americans feel about their financial status, their hopes for their children, how o