01526pab a2200145 454500008004000000100001900040245007400059260000900133300001300142362000800155520114700163650001801310650001901328773003301347180718b2003   xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  aBrustein, Paul  aThe impact of public opinion on public policy: a review and an agenda  c2003  ap.29-40.  aMar  aThis article considers the impact of public opinion on public policy, asking: (1) how much impact it has; (2) how much the impact increases as the salience of issues increases; (3) to what extent the impact of public opinion may be negated by interest groups, social movement organizations, political parties, and elities; (4) whether responsiveness of governments to public opinion has changed over time; and (5) the extent to which our conclusions can be generalized. The source of data is published in major journals and included in major literature reviews, systematically coded to record the impact of public opinion on policy. The major findings include: the impact of public opinion is substantial; salience enhances the impact of public opinion; the impact of opinion remains strong even when the activities of political organizations and elites are taken into account: responsiveness appears not to have changed significantly over time; and the extent to which the conclusions can be generalized is limited. Gaps in our knowledge made apparent by the review are addressed in proposals for an agenda for future research. - Reproduced.  aPublic policy  aPublic opinion  aPolitical Research Quarterly