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Beyond Liberal and Conservative
Politicians and political analysts continue to use a single liberal-conservative dimension to analyze the ideological views of the American people, but that approach is increasingly inadequate. Professors Maddox and Lilie have gone beyond the liberal-conservative continuum. By separating questions aof economic policy from issues involving civil liberties, they find four basic ideological group: liberals, conservatives, libertarians, and populists. This book goes a long way toward explaining such phenomena as ticket-splitting, the impact of the baby-boom generation, and the internal conflicts both major parties will face over the next few years.
The Changing American Mind
The dynamics of public opinion in America over the last three decades
Teaching about the Constitution in American Secondary Schools
The components presented in this document are general and specific recommendations for improving instruction about the Constitution, including revised versions of the seven conference papers. The papers are: "Society's Expectations for School Instruction about the Constitution: An Historical Overview" (R. Freeman Butts); "What Youth Know and Believe about the Constitution" (Karen S. Dawson); "What Adults Know and Believe about the Constitution" (Peter F. Nardulli); "Mandates on the Constitution" (Charles J. White); "Treatment of the Constitution in American History Textbooks" (John J. Patrick); "Treatment of the Constitution in Civics and Government Textbooks" (Richard C. Remy); and "Treatment of the Constitution in School-Based Non-Traditional Programs" (Mary Jane Turner). The document includes a list of conference recommendations. (BZ)
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Political Learning in Adulthood
In the wake of World War II, the issues of political stability in general and the survival of stable democracies in particular captured the attention of American political scientists. An inevitable offshoot of this interest was the study of political behavior--how it is acquired and how and why it persists. In its early stages, work on political socialization focused exclusively on childhood and adolescence, as if the learning process ends when adulthood begins. Only recently has adult socialization emerged as a legitimate field of study within political science. In Political Learning in Adulthood, social scientists for the first time examine the changes in political outlook and behavior tha...
Voice and Equality
This book confirms the idea put forth by Tocqueville that American democracy is rooted in civic voluntarism—citizens’ involvement in family, work, school, and religion, as well as in their political participation as voters, campaigners, protesters, or community activists. The authors analyze civic activity with a massive survey of 15,000 people.
