Public Perspective

The Center's New Review

November/December 1989, Vol. 1, No. 1
The Center's New Review

Table of Contents

Burns W. Roper and Everett C. Ladd outline the magazine's mission in the inaugural issue. Also, race, politics and polling; advocacy polls: hired guns or loose cannons, and recent court rulings haven't affected public opinion on abortion.

"The Center's New Review" Roper, Burns W. & Everett C. Ladd
"NBC's R.A.C.E. Series: Good Intentions, Poor Execution" Singer, Eleanor & Robert B. Hill
"The NBC News/Wall Street Journal Poll" Timms-Ferrara, Lois
"New York, You're No Chicago: Race And The Koch-Dinkins Race" Kohut, Andrew, & Larry Hugick
"Support Of Dinkins In Black And White" Mitofsky, Warren J.
"The Big Shift In Party Strength In The '80s" Ladd, Everett C.
"Partisan Change In The 1980s: A Rolling Realignment" Wirthlin, Richard B.
"Has Public Opinion Shifted On Abortion?" Ladd, Everett C.
"Abortion Post Webster" (data essay)
"Drugs: The Public's Response To A National Crisis" (data essay)
"Drugs: The Public's Response to a National Crisis - A View In France" (data essay)
"Advocacy Polls: Hired Guns Or Loose Cannons?" Taylor, Humphrey
"Missed Opportunities: The Case Of Catastrophic Health Insurance" Ferree, G. Donald & J. Ronald Milavsky
"Comparative Public Opinion" Shapiro, Robert Y.
"Chile In Transition" Lagos, Marta
"Public Opinion and Public Polling" Blumer, Herbert (excerpt)