Social capital is the web of cooperative relationships between citizens that facilitates
resolution of collection action problems (Coleman 1990; Putnam 1993). Although normally …

Do political institutions affect citizen satisfaction with democracy? If so, how? Using cross-
sectional survey data for eleven European democracies together with data on the type of …

We propose that (1) the preadult socialization of longstanding, stable predispositions is
catalyzed by exogenous political events;(2) such events socialize attitudes selectively, only …

Comprising the approximately 80 million individuals born between 1961 and 1981,
Generation X is slowly rising to political prominence. Yet, despite its growing significance …

As the electorate's window on public affairs, the mass media likely helped create the public's
increasingly negative feelings about the government, a condition that has characterized …