Book Reviews : Essays on Human Rights. By V. L. DICANT. (New York: Vantage Press. 1956. Pp. 128. $2.50.)

• Date: 01 September 1958
• Published date: 01 September 1958
• DOI: 10.1177/106591295801100330
• Author: Clifford Dobler
• Subject Matter: Articles

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cally oriented papers are particularly outstanding. On the other hand there
are necessarily many &dquo;blank spots&dquo; on this map of public opinion studies;
there is some unavoidable overlapping, and a great inequality of treatment
and of depth. In addition to several accounts of the formation and the obser-
vation of public opinion in France and Algiers there are &dquo;country reports&dquo; on
Canada, the United States, Poland, and Yugoslavia, and two essays on that
intangible phenomenon, &dquo;international public opinion.&dquo;
If the majority of studies show a somewhat limited interest in the be-
haviorist approach, there are useful empirical investigations of the demo-
cratic process at the level of the electorate. The general value of the col-
lection is enhanced by an effort, evidenced in several papers, to reflect on
the usefulness of public opinion studies for the political theory of democ-
racy. Every serious student of the subject will find in the reflections of our
colleagues from France and other European countries valuable suggestions
and some precious analyses.
HENRY W. EHRMANN.
University of Colorado.
Essays on Human Rights. By V. L. DICANT. (New York: Vantage Press.
1956. Pp. 128. $2.50.)
In Essays on Human Rights, V. L. Dicant (Mrs. Sara Vaughn Hewetson)
states cl.early the case of certain discontented groups in our society. They are
displeased with the actions of Congress, and the Supreme Court’s interpre-
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