Public Opinion
Public opinion consists of the desires, wants and thinking of the majority of the people. It is the collective opinion of the people of a society or state on an issue or problem. This concept came about through the process of urbanization and other political and social forces. For the first time, it became important what people thought as forms of political contention changed. Democracy requires public opinion because it derives authority from the public.
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24 May 2022 English
British Society, 1939-1951 contains records from collections such as: Records of central government departments and ministries; Records of Local Organizations and Wartime Bodies; Collections of government propaganda. Users can browse, …
Propaganda Social Relations Eating; Cooking Public Opinion Crime; Policing Housing; Living Conditions …
24 May 2022 English
British Society 1939-1951 provides access to thousands of documents from the collections of eleven U.K. government departments, each responsible for dealing with and reporting on the domestic situation in Britain …
● Defence studies ● Intelligence studies ● Public opinion ● Wartime politics ● Media and advertising … rumours and gossip in circulation, and records of public opinion intercepted through letters and telephone calls …
LJMU: Liverpool John Moores University · 7 December 2018 English
A good deal has been made of the fact that amongst the numerous volumes which are the official History of the Second World War, the Ministry of Information (MoI) is …
subject of Dominion status. For many months, public opinion on the subject of the prosecution of the war …
UCL: University College London · 1 January 2017 English
In the Cold War Eastern Europe collection, historians have an invitation to explore the variety and complexity of the cultural Cold War. The explosion in cultural traffic across the Iron …
activities could “only have an exiguous effect on public opinion (since the Communist Governments control all …
1 January 2017 English
leaders of the Western great powers, the United States, Great Britain, and France – unlike their public opinion which expressed vivid solidarity with the Hungarian Revolution from the beginning – were acutely …
Great Britain, and France – unlike their public opinion which expressed vivid solidarity with the …
The National Archives · 1 January 1982 English
and respect for the existence of independent public opinion. The authorities must understand and acknowledge …
The National Archives · 1 January 1982 English
would be a significant political event for public opinion in the West, even if at the same time new … This would be easier to present to domestic public opinion if a dialogue with the Soviet Union were seen … in the world ['usually the emphasis is on public opinion] - my underlining); d) only routine references …
The National Archives · 1 January 1982 English
AROUSED IN THE WORLD, WITH THE IMPORTANCE OF PUBLIC OPINION IN THE WEST AND WITH THE REACTIONS OF WESTERN …
The National Archives · 1 January 1982 English
[A] In Poland there are currently six active public opinion survey c e n t r e s ^ • unaccustomed' t … errors. The principle that the findings of public opinion surveys must in every case be taken seriously … present we are setting up the central office for public opinion I J$¿ • surveys which will be attached …
The National Archives · 1 January 1982 English
resentment. 4. If America has a thing called public opinion, so does Europe. n 5. Would it not be better …
