Introduction -- The lure of knowing what other people think -- The bottom-up approach -- The pulse of democracy -- Don't pigeonhole me -- The tyranny of the majority? -- Do the people know enough? -- Behind the curtain : how polling is done -- Lists and elections -- The elusive attitude -- The media and polls -- Making polls work in a democracy.
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