M3D: Governability Discuss how hyper-identification with non-civic identities such as religion, ethnicity, race, or class undermine governability.
What does Speier mean when he says that “Public opinion is a phenomenon of middle-class civilization”?
M3S: Building the Modern State: Public Opinion and Governability Read the information in the following article: – Speier, H. (1950). Historical Development of Public Opinion,American Journal of Sociology, 55, 4. 376-388 http://www.jstor.org/stable/2772299?&seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents Answer the following questions: One or two paragraphs each question: (1.) How does Speier define public opinion? (2.) Until the French Revolution writers […]