Despite the importance of examining how adolescents and young adults contribute solutions
to society's pressing problems, gaps in the literature leave unanswered the question of how …

Providing an in-depth analysis of public opinion, including its origins in political
socialization, its role in the electoral process, and the impact of the media, American Public …

Political interest is the strongest predictor of'good citizenship', yet hardly anything is known
about it. For the first time in over three decades, here is a study explaining what political …

US historical accounts of partisanship recognize its contentiousness and its inherent, latent
threat of violence, but social scientific conceptions of partisan identity developed in …

We argue that a long-run cultural persistence of right-wing ideology can explain the recent
rise of right-wing populism. Shifts in the supply of party platforms can interact with this …

What can sociology tell us about our personal lives, families and intimate relationships? This
book explains how key theoretical perspectives and relevant contemporary research in the …

We study the political effects of mass emigration to the United States in the nineteenth
century using data from Sweden. To instrument for total emigration over several decades …

In this article, we consider the gender gap in political participation by analyzing recent
survey data about German adolescents. Differentiating between institutional, non …

In this monograph, we argue for the establishment of a developmental science of politics that
describes, explains, and predicts the formation and change of individuals' political …

Political interest is one of the most important individual-level predictors of news media use,
public opinion formation, and engagement. When, how, and why some citizens develop a …