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a:25:{s:11:"event_start";s:4:"1200";s:9:"event_end";s:4:"1330";s:13:"display_start";s:4:"1200";s:11:"display_end";s:4:"1330";s:14:"start_unixtime";i:1368036000;s:12:"end_unixtime";i:1368041400;s:10:"event_text";s:32:"Public+Opinion+and+Public+Policy";s:12:"event_length";i:5400;s:13:"event_overlap";i:0;s:11:"description";s:1621:"Stuart+Soroka%2C+Associate+Professor%2C+William+Dawson+Scholar%2C+Graduate+Program+Director%2C+Department+of+Political+Science%2C+McGill+University%0A%0AThis+talk+focuses+on+the+potential+for+public+opinion+to+serve+as+a+useful+tool+for+public+policymaking.+Past+work+demonstrates+that+opinion+can+and+does+guide+policy%2C+at+least+in+some+policy+domains.+This+talk+will+consider+the+rationality+of+public+opinion%2C+and+its+strengths+and+weaknesses+where+public+policy+is+concerned.+It+will+consider+the+role+of+political+institutions+in+moderating+both+public+responsiveness+and+policy+representation.+It+will+also+discuss+the+likely+implications+of+the+current+policy+environment%2C+in+which+the+federal+government+invests+less+and+less+in+monitoring+public+attitudes.%0A%0AStuart+Soroka+is+associate+professor+and+William+Dawson+Scholar+in+the+department+of+Political+Science+at+McGill+University%2C+Montreal+QC%2C+where+he+is+a+member+of+the+Centre+for+the+Study+of+Democratic+Citizenship.+He+is+a+past+Director+of+the+Canadian+Opinion+Research+Archive+%28Queen%E2%80%99s+University%29%2C+and+current+co-investigator+of+the+Canadian+Election+Study.+Stuart%E2%80%99s+current+research+focuses+on+political+behavior%2C+political+psychology%2C+communication%2C+and+policy.+His+most+recent+book+on+opinion-policy+relationships%2C+entitled+Degrees+of+Democracy%2C+was+published+by+Cambridge+University+Press.%0A%0ARegistration%3A+Those+interested+in+attending+are+encouraged+to+register+online+at+www.schoolofpublicpolicy.sk.ca+%28please+select+News+and+Events%2C+then+Events+Calendar+and+the+appropriate+calendar+date%29.";s:6:"status";s:0:"";s:5:"class";s:0:"";s:9:"spans_day";b:0;s:8:"location";s:73:"%3A++++Prairie+Room%2C+Diefenbaker+Building%2C+University+of+Saskatchewan";s:10:"categories";s:0:"";s:9:"organizer";s:6:"a:0:{}";s:8:"attendee";s:6:"a:0:{}";s:9:"calnumber";i:1;s:7:"calname";s:13:"U of S Events";s:8:"timezone";s:19:"Canada/Saskatchewan";s:5:"other";s:0:"";s:3:"geo";s:0:"";s:3:"url";s:37:"http://www.schoolofpublicpolicy.sk.ca";s:8:"sequence";i:0;s:5:"recur";s:0:"";}
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