… We believe politicians’ perceptions of public opinion within such subconstituencies are
also important; focusing on overall opinion in politicians’ geographic constituencies simply …

… The media’s role in this process is pivotal, and in this chapter I outline the nature of a media
framework in which the views of political elites are represented as being in broad alignment …

… of elite versus mass opinion bear on the question of elite versus … to public or elite incompetence,
the German public clearly did have real attitudes that were not driven by political elites. …

… elites discussing Social Security did invoke public opinion. Contrary to our expectations,
however, few of the elite invocations of public opinion … about the distribution of opinion. Although …

… from nationally based samples of the mass public and political elites we have been able to
… thinking in American politics. Overall, it is patent that political party elites have a vastly more …

… of political knowledge. In addition, we also study two elements of elite perceptions of public
opinion: … Our first expectation was that the political elites in Sweden would become more …

… covers the full array of expert and political elite opinion. We believe, however, that representative
democracy can work even when political elites fail to meet their democratic obligations. …

… 13 policies among European elites, national elites, and public opinion. Elites are more willing
to cede … Elites and public preferences are similar in that both are least enthusiastic about …

… We focus on public opinion on the four, related policy issues that are included in each of the
… on British politics thereby calls into question party elites’ abilities to shape public opinion on …

An enduring concern about democracies is that citizens conform too readily to the policy
views of elites in their own parties, even to the point of ignoring other information about the …