Do elites shape public opinion? Should they? What Determines Public Opinion? addresses these questions through a symposium on John Zaller's pathbreaking The Nature and Origins of Mass Opinion (1992) after twenty years. Contributors include leading political theorists, political psychologists, and public opinion specialists, including Zaller himself.

This book was published as a special issue of Critical Review: A Journal of Politics and Society.

1. Beyond Cues and Political Elites: The Forgotten Zaller Jeffrey Friedman 2. The Political Education of John Zaller Larry M. Bartels 3. Limits of Elite Influence on Public Opinion Stanley Feldman, Leonie Huddy and George E. Marcus 4. Political Values and Political Awareness Paul Goren 5. Should the Mass Public Follow Elite Opinion? It Depends . . . Jennifer L. Hochschild 6. The Psychological Veracity of Zaller's Model Cindy D. Kam 7. What Nature and Origins Leaves Out John Zaller

Jeffrey Friedman, a visiting scholar in the Department of Government, University of Texas at Austin, USA, received an MA in History from the University of California, Berkeley, USA, and an MA and Ph.D. in Political Science from Yale University, USA. He is the editor of Critical Review: A Journal of Politics and Society.