Incluye: prefacio pvii; abour the contributors p. xiii; introducción p.3; índice p.929.

Introduction: citizen and political Behavior.Mass belief systems and communication: political socialization; belief systems and political decision making; elite beliefs and the theory of democratic elitism; political psychology and choice; information, persuasion, and political communication networks; political communication; perspectives on mass belief systems and communication. Modernization and social change: the political culture paradigm; individual modernity; left-right orientations; post materialist values and the shift from survival to self- expression values; clash of values across civilizations; democratization: perspectives from global citizenries; perspectives on political behavior in time and space. Political Values: political values; political intolerance in the context of democratic theory; social and political trust; the welfare state: values, policy preferences, and performance evaluation; citizen opinion on foreign policy and world politics; norms of citizenship; democratic values. New debates in political behavior: an institution theory of political choice; the decline of social class? The effect of religion and religiosity on voting behavior; race and political behavior; economic models of voting; new dimensions of political cleavega; partisanship reconsidered; the personalization of politics; the interaction of structure and voter behavior; perspectives on electoral behavior. Political participation: turnout in elections; political activism and party members; social capital; civil society and democratization; social movement; the spread of protest politics; new feminist challenges to the study of political engagement; new modes of campaigning; e-government and democracy; perspectives on political participation. Does public opinion matter? the relationship between public opinion and policy; political elites; political representation and democracy; perspectives on representation: asking the right questions and getting the right answers. The methodology of comparative political behavior research: research resources in comparative political behavior; comparative opinion surveys; methods of elite research.

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