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Öffentliche Meinung und Policy Feedback

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Dieser Beitrag diskutiert das wechselseitige Verhältnis von öffentlicher Meinung und Sozialpolitik. Der Rolle der öffentlichen Meinung ist in jüngerer Zeit große Aufmerksamkeit zugekommen aufgrund ihres Einflusses auf sozialpolitisches Handeln politischer Parteien. Wir zeigen in diesem Beitrag unterschiedliche empirische und normative Perspektiven auf, die sich mit dieser Frage beschäftigen. Im zweiten Teil diskutieren wir, wie über Policy Feedback-Prozesse die öffentliche Meinung selbst von bestehenden Policies und Institutionen beeinflusst wird.

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Busemeyer, M.R., Neimanns, E. (2019). Öffentliche Meinung und Policy Feedback. In: Obinger, H., Schmidt, M. (eds) Handbuch Sozialpolitik. Springer VS, Wiesbaden. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-22803-3_15

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