Voice of the People
Public Opinion in Pakistan 2007-2008
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP Pakistan
- Date of Publication 29 July 2010
- ISBN 9780195475104
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages300 pages
- Size 227x148x19 mm
- Weight 452 g
- Language English 0
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Short description:
The book is an annual study on public opinion in Pakistan. It provides a telescopic view of the values and attitudes of the Pakistani public by documenting survey research conducted by Gallup Pakistan on a variety of topics including politics, health, social behaviour, foreign affairs and consumption preferences.
MoreLong description:
The purpose of this book is to meaningfully discuss what Pakistanis thought as a collectivity about various local and international issues during 2007-08. It covers a diverse range of subjects from democracy, war on terror, to religious inclinations and consumption preferences. Furthermore, it dispels various fallacies about public behaviour for example misconceptions that since the Pakistani public is largely illiterate it is incapable of understanding the
complexities of governance or judicious foreign policies, that it approves of wholesale violence in the name of religion, that it is unaware of global climatic changes and is hardly bothered about issues beyond basic necessities. Careful analysis of the data disproves or qualifies these misconceptions which
flourish because measuring popular opinion is difficult while passing off unsubstantiated generalizations about an amorphous entity is easy. The only credible method for measuring public opinion is through scientific
Table of Contents:
Contents List:
Introduction
Political Scene
Performance Ratings
Pakistan
Government
Army
Civil society
Political Parties
Political Leaders
POLITICAL PROCESSES
Politics of Exile
Politics of "Reconciliation"
Domestic Terrorism
Lal Masjid
Politics of the Black Coatbearers
Views on Democracy
Foreign Policy
Pakistanis and the World
Pak-US relations & Role of United States in the Region
Pakistan India Relations
Iraq
Economy
Perceptions about Economy in 2007
Inflation
Consumption Patterns
Public Health
Health and Healthcare
Health and Disease
Preventive Medicine
Health and Stress
Health and Nutrition
Smoking and Addiction
Health and Environment
Social Scene
Climate
Lifestyles
Professions
Religion
Ramadan
Public Perception on Festivals
Gender Norms
Fake Currency
Accidents
Popularity of Sports
Music and Entertainment
Tourism
How Scientific Polls Work?
Appendices
