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Tables of Contents for The Poll With a Human Face
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Preface
ix
PART I: The National Issues Convention
1
84
Bringing Deliberation to the Democratic Dialogue
3
36
James S. Fishkin
Robert C. Luskin
The Delegates' Experience
39
20
Tom W. Smith
We the People: The Contours of Lay Political Discourse
59
26
Roderick Hart
Sharon Jarvis
PART II: The News Media
85
82
Through the Eyes of a True Believer
87
18
David R. Boldt
A (Largely Missed) Learning Opportunity
105
8
Davis ``Buzz'' Merritt
Local Television Coverage of the NIC
113
20
Amy Reynolds
Prologue to Diverging Patterns of Election Year Coverage
133
12
Dixie Shipp Evatt
Effects of NIC Media Coverage Among the Public
145
22
Kenneth A. Rasinski
Norman M. Bradburn
Douglas Lauen
PART III: The Larger Setting
167
54
Deliberative Polling---Fitting the Tool to the Job
169
18
Robert P. Daves
The Cultivation of Conversation
187
24
Susan Herbst
Enhancing Grassroots Democracy
211
10
Maxwell McCombs
Amy Reynolds
Appendix A: Interviewer-Administered Questionnaire National Opinion Research Center
221
16
Appendix B: Self-Administered Questionnaire National Opinion Research Center
237
14
Appendix C: The National Issues Convention Schedule
251
4
Contributors
255
4
Author Index
259
4
Subject Index
263