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Mini‐publics and public opinion: two survey‐based experiments

dc.contributor.authorBoulianne, Shelley
dc.date.accessioned2017-10-10
dc.date.accessioned2022-05-28T00:37:55Z
dc.date.available2022-05-28T00:37:55Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.description.abstractIn intense forms of public consultations, select groups of citizens, called mini-publics, are given a large amount of information and then asked to deliberate on policy directions and make recommendations. Government officials may refuse to act upon these recommendations, unless they are convinced that the recommendations have wider support in the populace. This article presents the results of two survey-based experiments that assess the impact of mini-publics on the opinions expressed by random digit dialing samples of the general public. The survey-based experiments were conducted in 2013 (n = 400) and in 2014 (n = 400). Being informed about the mini-publics affected support for some policies, but not others. In both studies, respondents who were informed about the mini-publics reported higher levels of political efficacy compared to the condition where respondents were not informed about the mini-public. Hearing about these minipublics helps to generate a sense of legitimacy in the political system.
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dc.identifier.citationBoulianne, S. (2017). Mini‐publics and public opinion: two survey‐based experiments. Political Studies. Advance online publication. doi:10.1177/0032321717723507
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1177/0032321717723507
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14078/953
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen
dc.rightsAll Rights Reserved
dc.subjectdeliberation
dc.subjectexperiment
dc.subjectpublic opinion
dc.subjectpolitical trust
dc.subjectpolitical efficacy
dc.titleMini‐publics and public opinion: two survey‐based experimentsen
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