Public Opinion in the United States of America about the Vietnam War

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Published: Dec 31, 2016
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rmop.2016.12.007

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Sidney Verba
Stanford University
Gordon Black
Stanford University
Richard Brody
Stanford University
Paul Ekman
Stanford University
Norman Nie
Stanford University
Edwin Parker
Stanford University
Nelson Polsby
Stanford University
Peter Rossi
Stanford University
Paul Sheatsley
Stanford University

Abstract

Reports published in Washington emphasize the concern of those who direct the Vietnam-related policy for gaining public support for US intervention in Vietnam. Surely no president has read the results of certain surveys with more attention than Johnson, on this particular issue. It’s therefore relevant and important to investigate the type of information that such questionnaires provide. So far, reports indicate that public opinion has not been explored in sufficient detail to give political leaders a complete picture of American thought on what can be done in Vietnam and its possible cost.

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Verba, S., Black, G., Brody, R., Ekman, P., Nie, N., Parker, E., Polsby, N., Rossi, P., & Sheatsley, P. (2016). Public Opinion in the United States of America about the Vietnam War. Revista Mexicana De Opinión Pública, 1(22). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rmop.2016.12.007
Author Biographies

Sidney Verba, Stanford University

He was born in 1932 in New York. He is a doctor emeritus from Harvard University, where he also served as research professor and director of the library from 1984 to 2007, the date of his retirement. He taught at other major universities in the United States of America, including Stanford University, University of Chicago and Princeton University. Throughout his career as a researcher he received several awards, including the Helen Dinerman Prize awarded by the World Association of Public Opinion Research (WAPOR) for having contributed his whole life to the research of public opinion. Sydney Verba published approximately 201 papers in eight languages; include The Unheavenly Chorus: Unequal Political Voice and the Broken Promise of American Democracy, The Private Roots of Public Action: Gender, Equality, and Political Participation, Elites and the Idea of Equality: A Comparison of Japan, Sweden, and the United States, among many others.

Gordon Black, Stanford University

He was born in Des Moines, Iowa, where he grew up during the years of World War II. He graduated from the University of Washington in 1964 and completed his doctorate in Political Science at Stanford University. For almost 20 years, he was a professor at the University of Rochester, where he also served as a researcher. He founded his own consulting firm: Gordon S. Black Corporation. His lines of research are based on the belief in the power of democratic election and the encouragement of hope, which are reflected in his books, aimed especially at young people. One of his publications is The Politics of American Discontent: How a New Party Can Make Democracy Work Again.

Richard Brody, Stanford University

Professor emeritus in Political Science from Stanford University, where he was also serve as a professor. He is coauthor of the work Simulation in International Relations and author of Some Systemic Effects of the Spread of Nuclear Weapons Technology.

Paul Ekman, Stanford University

He was born in Washington, DC in 1934. PhD in Clinical Psychology at Adelphi University, is also professor emeritus in Psychology at the University of California in San Francisco. Ekman is one of the most recognized researchers and authors for the study and promotion of nonverbal behavioral compression. He was named one of the most influential in the world of psychology people by Time magazine. He has written more than 14 books and 170 articles, including: Nonverbal Messages: Cracking the Code; Emotional Awareness; Telling Lies: Clues to Deceit in the Marketplace; Politics, and Marriage.

Norman Nie, Stanford University

He was born in 1943 in Missouri and died in 2015 at age 72. PhD in Political Science from Stanford University. Along with two young computer scientists, C. Hadlai Hull and Dale Bent, Nie invented a software called Statistical Package for the Social Sciences, a statistical program for social sciences (SPSS). He won the Gladys M. Kammerer award, and the Award of the American Political Science Association (APSA) for the book Participation in America, written with Sidney Verba and was regarded as the best book of the national policy of the United States of America.

Edwin Parker, Stanford University

He was a communications professor at Stanford; co - author of several books, most notably are  Television in the Lives of Our Children, American Public and The Kennedy Assassination.

Nelson Polsby, Stanford University

He was born in 1934 and died in 2007. He was a Political Scientist who specialized in the study of the United States Presidency. He was also professor at the University of California, Berkeley and editor of the American Political Science Review. Among his publications are Consequences of Party Reform, Political Innovation in America and Congress and the Presidency.

Peter Rossi, Stanford University

He was born in 1921 and died in 2006. He was a sociologist who was in charge of investigating the origin of the homelessness in the United States of America. He was director of the National Opinion Research Center and served as professor of Sociology at the University of Chicago. He was the author of Politics of Urban Renewal.

Paul Sheatsley, Stanford University

He died in 1989. He was director of the National Opinion Research Center. He devoted his entire life to the investigation of Public Opinion; from 1942 to 1986 he was part of the National Opinion Center of the University of Chicago. In 1982 he was awarded the Distinguished Achievement Award Exceptionally awarded by the American Association for Public Opinion Research (AAPOR).

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