We hear references to “public opinion” all the time but we rarely reflect on what it is, and why it’s important.
Political thinkers have struggled over the meaning of public opinion since antiquity. Plato was deeply distrustful of the public, while Aristotle believed “the many … may yet taken all together be better than the few.” [...]
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Posted in Health Promotion, Higher Education, Public Health, Public Relations, Voluntary Sector, tagged Carleton University, Copenhagen, homelessness, NIMBY, Public Relations, Surveillance on October 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
After several months away it’s time to get back to blogging – it’s not that I’ve been lazy or disengaged, just distracted by other things. Here’s a summary of what I’ve been up to since (gulp) my last post in February.
In late May, I was the conference program co-chair of the Association for Nonprofit and [...]
