Resource mobilization theory has recently presented an alternative interpretation of social
movements. The review traces the emergence and recent controversies generated by this …

Group inequalities in the United States are most often attributed to the characteristics of the
individuals who belong to these groups; thinking about structural causes of group …

David de Vaus' classic text Surveys in Social Research provides clear advice on how to
plan, conduct and analyse social surveys. It emphasises the links between theory and …

This monumental study is a comprehensive critical survey of the policy preferences of the
American public, and will be the definitive work on American public opinion for some time to …

Motivated by the desire to explain how Americans perceive and evaluate inequality and
related programs and policies, the authors conducted a national survey of beliefs about …

Political efficacy has been studied extensively since the 1950s, hut analysts have never
been fully satisfied with its measurement. After considerable testing, four new questions …

This new edition brings fully up-to-date a book widely praised for its clear and objective
presentation of changes in American racial attitudes during the second half of the twentieth …

Political efficacy and trust—among the most frequently used survey measures of general
political attitudes—are often maligned for their lack of reliability and validity. This paper …

Despite the perennial claims of politicians that our courts are coddling hardened criminals,
the fact is that America already sends a higher proportion of its citizens to prison—and for …

Despite relatively favorable citizen attitudes, voter turnout in American national elections is
far below the average of 80% of the eligible electorate that votes in other industrialized …