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Chisman, Forrest Patterson was born on March 14, 1944 in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Henry Harmon and Dorothy (Patterson) Chisman.
(This critical analysis of political behavior studies has ...)
This critical analysis of political behavior studies has prime importance for students of social and behavioral science - as well as journalists and politicians - in view of the enormous influence of such studies. The author finds studies that attempt to combine attitude psychology with traditional ideas about public opinion seriously wanting because of thier neglect of the impact of issues as individual voters perceive them. Public opinion researchers have failed to identify motives for votes largely because they have assumed that each citizen's choices must be determined by attitudes toward matters of general concern. 'They do not consider the possibility that votes might be determined by attitudes toward a variety of different matters, each of concern fairly few people.' The relationship of public opinion to government decision making also is unexplained, Dr. Chisman holds, because of the assumption that 'correspondences between government decisions and public views must be due to the influence of public opinion, transmitted by members of the public elite, upon members of government.' Neglected is the reverse possibility : 'these correspondences might be due to the influence of government and the elite upon public opinion.'
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An agenda for the post-Reagan era, this volume gives a comprehensive description of the government's role in our daily lives and argues for an activist government that must address the aspects of American life such as an aging population, changes in family life and a growing illiterate underclass.
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Chisman, Forrest Patterson was born on March 14, 1944 in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Henry Harmon and Dorothy (Patterson) Chisman.
Bachelor summa cum laude, Harvard University, 1966. DPhill., Oxford University (England), 1973.
Assistant professor political economy University Toronto (Ontario), 1969—1970. Executive assistant John and Mary R. Markle Foundation, 1970—1975. Associate director Program on Communications and Society, Aspen Institute Washington, 1975—1977.
Director planning and policy coordination National Telecommunications and Information Administration, United States Department Commerce, 1977—1978, deputy associate administrator for policy, 1978—1981. Staff director Project on Federal Social Role, National Conference Social Welfare, Washington, 1982—1988. Director The Southport Institute, since 1988.
(An agenda for the post-Reagan era, this volume gives a co...)
(This critical analysis of political behavior studies has ...)
Married Anna McGregor Fletcher (divorced 1982).