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Almond broadened the field of political science in the 1950s by integrating approaches from other social science disciplines, such as sociology, psychology, and anthropology, into his work. Almond was a prolific author, publishing 18 books and numerous journal articles, and co-writing many others. Almond also contributed to theoretical work on political development. Bingham Powell proposed a variety of cultural and functional ways to measure the development of societies. In a 1991 paper titled, “Capitalism and Democracy”, in two paragraphs Almond stated what the basic agendas for the study of governance ought to be in US universities: that capitalism and democracy co-exist as the prevailing systems of governance the world over and they invariably interact with each other and transform each other through time.

Public opinion is volatile, shifting erratically in response to the most recent developments or manipulation. Mass beliefs early in the twentieth century were “too pacifist in peace and too bellicose in war, too neutralist or appeasing in negotiations or too intransigent. Public opinion is incoherent, lacking an organized or a consistent structure to such an extent that the views of US citizens could best be described as “nonattitudes”. Public opinion is irrelevant to the policy-making process. Political leaders ignore public opinion because most Americans can neither “understand nor influence the very events upon which their lives and happiness are known to depend.

Lippmann consensus was highly influential in the 1950s and 1960s but weakened following the Vietnam War. Lippmann consensus, especially the second point that public opinion is incoherent and lacks organization. Lippmann recanted his previous view, arguing that the public had taken a more sober approach to the war than the heads of government. Aggressive Behavior by Clients Toward Public Relief Administrators: A Configurative Analysis. The American People and Foreign Policy.

The Politics of the Developing Areas. The Civic Culture: Political Attitudes and Democracy in Five Nations. A Developmental Approach to Political Systems. International Encyclopaedia of the Social Sciences Vol. Crisis, Choice, and Change: Historical Studies of Political Development. Comparative Politics Today: A World View.

Schools and Sects in Political Science. Strong Religion: The Rise of Fundamentalisms Around the World. Ventures in Political Science: Narratives and Reflections. American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Vietnam, Consensus, and the Belief Systems of American Leaders.

Between Consent and Dissent: Democracy and Peace in the Israeli Mind. The Nature of Belief Systems in Mass Publics. In Psychoanalysis and the Social Sciences, ed. How are foreign policy attitudes structured? Eulau, Heinz, Lucian Pye and Sidney Verba. In American Political Scientists: A Dictionary, eds.