Two of the most important influences on adult political orientations are the political
proclivities of their family of origin and the pressures of the times in which they first enter the …

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Politics of Asian Americans Diversity and Community Pei-te Lien, M. Margaret Conway, and …

This article examines the emerging structure of party competition in the new democracies of
Eastern Europe. It argues that the relationship between the social bases, issue dimensions …

What exactly is civic and political participation? What factors influence young people's
participation? How can we encourage youth to participate actively in their own …

What comes to mind when people think about rank-and-file party supporters? What
stereotypes do people hold regarding ordinary partisans, and are these views politically …

Partisanship is a primary predictor of attitudes toward public policy. However, we do not yet
know whether party similarly plays a role in shaping public policy behavior, such as whether …

Recent research has found a surprising degree of homogeneity in the personal political
communication network of individuals but this work has focused largely on the tendency to …

The Reputational Premium presents a new theory of party identification, the central concept
in the study of voting. Challenging the traditional idea that voters identify with a political party …

This paper examines how ageing and generational formative experiences affect vote
choices in Britain. Using a combination of panel data and assumptions about party fortunes …

Theories of political socialization contain competing expectations about immigrants'
potential for political resocialization. Premigration beliefs and actions may be resistant to …