LEADER 04351nam 2200757 450 001 9910456381003321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-8020-9377-9 010 $a1-281-99177-5 010 $a9786611991777 010 $a1-4426-8223-X 024 7 $a10.3138/9781442682238 035 $a(CKB)2430000000001990 035 $a(EBL)4672149 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000308595 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11235244 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000308595 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10258054 035 $a(PQKB)10618962 035 $a(CaBNvSL)thg00601081 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3255039 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4672149 035 $a(DE-B1597)465025 035 $a(OCoLC)1013938963 035 $a(OCoLC)944177309 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781442682238 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4672149 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11257829 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL199177 035 $a(OCoLC)958579726 035 $a(EXLCZ)992430000000001990 100 $a20160922h20062006 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe roles of public opinion research in Canadian government /$fChristopher Page 210 1$aToronto, [England] ;$aBuffalo, [New York] ;$aLondon, [England] :$cUniversity of Toronto Press,$d2006. 210 4$d©2006 215 $a1 online resource (267 p.) 225 1 $aSeries in Public Management and Governance 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8020-3464-0 311 $a0-8020-9039-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tAcknowledgments -- $tIntroduction -- $t1. Public Opinion and Polling -- $t2. Public Opinion and Policy-making -- $t3. The Practice and Framework of Opinion Research for Government in Canada -- $t4. An Overview of the Uses of Opinion Research in the Policy Process -- $t5. Opinion Research and Government Communications -- $t6. Opinion Research and Constitutional Renewal, 1980-1 -- $t7. Opinion Research and the Goods and Services Tax -- $t8. Opinion Research and Gun Control -- $t9. Constraints on the Use of Opinion Research in Government -- $t10. Conclusion -- $tAppendices -- $tNotes -- $tIndex 330 $aIt is a common assumption that governments use public opinion research primarily to help them make popular decisions about major policy issues but few scholars have ever looked beyond this assumption to investigate its veracity. In The Roles of Public Opinion Research in Canadian Government, Christopher Page pulls back the curtain on the uses of polls and focus groups.Stressing public opinion on policy rather than on support for parties, Page explores the relationships between government officials and pollsters, and the contributions of public opinion research to the policy process. Three high-profile policies are considered in depth: the patriation of the constitution and the establishment of the Charter of Rights by the Trudeau government, the introduction of the Goods and Services Tax by the Mulroney government, and the controversial strengthening of gun control by the Chrétien government. The Roles of Public Opinion Research in Canadian Government demonstrates that opinion research has a greater variety of roles than is often recognized, and that, despite conventional wisdom, its foremost impact is to help governments determine how to communicate with citizens. It is an essential contribution to the study of Canadian politics, filling a major gap in the scholarship. 410 0$aInstitute of Public Administration of Canada series in public management and governance. 606 $aPolitical planning$zCanada 606 $aPublic opinion$zCanada 606 $aFederal government$zCanada$xPublic opinion 607 $aCanada$xPolitics and government$y1980-$xPublic opinion 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aPolitical planning 615 0$aPublic opinion 615 0$aFederal government$xPublic opinion. 676 $a320.60971 700 $aPage$b Christopher$f1963-$01030332 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910456381003321 996 $aThe roles of public opinion research in Canadian government$92447166 997 $aUNINA