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Examines the role of the American press in presenting the information known about the Jewish Holocaust during World War II to the American people in such a way that it fostered inaction and indifference.

"The Sometime Connection introduces a variety of theoretical perspectives on the connection between public opinion and policy and applies them to six social policy topics: abortion, affirmative action, welfare, Social Security, corrections, and pornography. The book provides complete policy histories, information on trends in public opinion, and a diagnosis of the role that public opinion has played in the development of policy for each of the six...

In travel books and Orientalist painting, the Victorian concept of an erotic East as a grand harem with endless potential for pleasure and perversion fueled romantic imaginations, art, and commerce. These racial and sexual stereotypes became vital to imperial designs. In Imperial Fictions, Rana Kabbani unravels the erotic fantasies and myths that the West has developed about the East over the ages. Includes a new introduction about modern-day perceptions...

Explores and reports on the faith and religious beliefs of the American people ; based on a survey taken just before Christmas 1988.

'Myth of the Social Volcano' is based on the results of the first nationwide survey of ordinary Chinese citizens to ask them directly how they feel about inequalities that have resulted since the open market reforms that began in 1978.