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  • Britain into Europe

    Public Opinion and the EEC 1961–75

    Edited by Roger Jowell, Gerald Hoinville ...
    Series series Routledge Library Editions: Politics of the European Union
    Britain into Europe (1976) examines how the debate in Britain about EEC membership was conducted between 1961 and 1975. Using survey research data from Social and Community Planning Research it shows how public opinion on this critical issue developed over fifteen years. Roger Jowell and Gerald Hoinville describe the background to the decision to apply; James Spence traces the movements in public ... Read more

    $73.99 USD

  • The International Social Survey Programme 1984-2009

    Charting the Globe

    Edited by Max Haller, Roger Jowell, Tom W Smith ...
    Series series Social Research Today
    The social sciences rely more on the comparative method than on experimental data mainly because the latter is difficult to acquire amongst human populations. The International Social Survey Programme has played a pioneering role in creating and sustaining methodologically-sophisticated mass attitude surveys across the globe. Starting in 1984 with five nations, it now encompasses forty-five ... Read more

    $65.99 USD

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    The Irish Civil War

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