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In this thoughtful and highly readable critique of contemporary politics and government in the United States, James Fishkin evaluates modern democratic practices, explains how the voice of the people has struggled to make itself heard in the past, and joins this with a review of ideas and experiments-including Fishkin`s idea for a National Issues Convention that was adapted by PBS in January 1996-to legitimately rediscover the people`s voice.
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Fishkin (government, Univ. of Texas) explores the ways in which the people have made their opinions known in democratic systems from ancient Athens to America. In his search for "the voice of the people," the author concludes that in contemporary American democracy, the public's opinion, while highly valued by government officials, is poorly informed and poorly measured. On the latter point, the author properly recognizes how opinion surveys force people to judge issues on which they may have no opinion or have given little thought. His solution is "the deliberative opinion poll," which uses media and survey research to restore the people's voice. Fishkin has successfully employed his poll twice in England and will conduct another here during the coming presidential primary season. For the citizen seriously interested in the future of American democracy, this book is highly recommended.
Thomas J. Baldino, Wilkes Univ., Wilkes-Barre, Pa.
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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