The Apartisan American Dealignment and the Transformation of Electoral Politics by RussellJ. Dalton Paperback, 220 Pages, Published 2012 by Cq Press ISBN-13: 978-1-4522-1694-2, ISBN: 1-4522-1694-0
"Party identification is often considered the most important concept in modern electoral research―yet Americans' party ties have eroded. Today, independents comprise the largest portion of voters, outnumbering either Democrats or Republicans. This provocative book sheds new light on the dealignment trend with the emergence of an independent voter Dalton is calling the Apartisan American. Utilizing 60 years of electoral surveys, Dalton's ..."
Democratic Challenges, Democratic Choices(1st Edition) The Erosion of Political Support in Advanced Industrial Democracies (Comparative Politics) by RussellJ. Dalton Paperback, 244 Pages, Published 2007 by Oxford University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-19-929790-0, ISBN: 0-19-929790-8
"Most democratic citizens today are distrustful of politicians, political parties, and political institutions. Where once democracies expected an allegiant public, citizens now question the very pillars of representative democracy. Democratic Challenges, Democratic Choices documents the erosion of political support in virtually all advanced industrial democracies. Assembling an unprecedented array of cross-national public opinion data, ..."
The Good Citizen How a Younger Generation Is Reshaping American Politics by RussellJ. Dalton Paperback, Published 2020 by Cq Press ISBN-13: 978-1-5443-9585-2, ISBN: 1-5443-9585-X
"If democracy without political parties is unthinkable, what would happen if the role of political parties if the democratic process is weakened? The ongoing debate about the vitality of political parties is also a debate about the vitality of representative democracy. Leading scholars in the field of party research assess the evidence for partisan decline or adaptation for the OECD nations in this book. It documents the broadscale er ..."
Critical Masses(Updated) Citizens, Nuclear Weapons Production, and Environmental Destruction in the United States and Russia (American and Comparative Environmental Policy) by RussellJ. Dalton, Paula Garb, Nicholas P. Lovrich, John C. Pierce, John M. Whiteley Paperback, 475 Pages, Published 1999 by The Mit Press ISBN-13: 978-0-262-54103-9, ISBN: 0-262-54103-3
"This book investigates how citizens in the United States and Russia have used the democratic process to force their governments to address the horrendous environmental damage caused by the nuclear arms race. It is the first in-depth comparative study of environmental activism and democracy in the two countries. Critical Masses focuses on two crucial areas--the Hanford Reser ..."
Citizen Politics(7th Edition) Public Opinion and Political Parties in Advanced Industrial Democracies by RussellJ. Dalton Paperback, 360 Pages, Published 2019 by Cq Press ISBN-13: 978-1-5443-5178-0, ISBN: 1-5443-5178-X
"Now, more than ever, people drive the democratic process. What people think of their government and its leaders, how (or whether) they vote, and what they do or say about a host of political issues greatly affect the further strengthening or erosion of democracy and democratic ideals. This fully updated, shorter Seventh Edition of Citizen Politics continues to offer the only truly comparative study of political attitudes and behavior in ..."
"Is the party over? Parties are the central institutions of representative democracy, but critics increasingly claim that parties are failing to perform their democratic functions. This book assembles unprecedented cross-national evidence to assess how parties link the individual citizen to the formation of governments and then to government policies. Using the Comparative Study of Electoral Systems and other recent cross-national data, ..."
"The Good Citizen uses a new 2014 national opinion survey to describe how Americans’ views of what it means to be a good citizen is changing. Russell J. Dalton shows that contrary to conventional wisdom, younger generations are more politically engaged, more politically tolerant, and more supportive of social justice; the young are creating new norms of citizenship that are leading to a renaissance of democratic participation. The new ed ..."
Citizen Politics(6th Edition) Public Opinion and Political Parties in Advanced Industrial Democracies by RussellJ. Dalton Paperback, 360 Pages, Published 2013 by Cq Press ISBN-13: 978-1-4522-0300-3, ISBN: 1-4522-0300-8
"In addition to its comprehensive, thematic examination of political values, political activity, voting, and public images of government within a cross-national context, Citizen Politics explores new forms of political activity, such as Internet-based activism and new forms of political consumerism. All chapters have been updated with the latest research and empirical evidence. Further, Dalton includes new discussions of citizen sophisti ..."
" Presenting the revised and updated theoretical chapters from the bestselling Comparative Politics Today, this text is a brief survey of the fundamental concepts students need to study government and politics. Beginning with a discussion of the purpose of government and of the methods for comparing political systems, the text then examines system, process, and policy as well as essential themes in comparative politics, like democra ..."
" Comparative Politics Today is the text that helped define the discipline of comparative politics, and it continues to set the standard in examining the purpose of government and comparing the world’s diverse political systems. Written by leading comparativists and area study specialists, this text begins with chapters that clarify key concepts in politics and government and show how theoretical frameworks describe and a ..."
"The Oxford Handbooks of Political Science is a ten-volume set of reference books offering authoritative and engaging critical overviews of the state of political science. Each volume focuses on a particular part of the discipline, with volumes on Public Policy, Political Theory, Political Economy, Contextual Political Analysis, Comparative Politics, International Relations, Law and Politics, Political Behavior, Political Institutions, a ..."
"A new Germany has come of age, as democratic, sophisticated, affluent, and modern as any other western nation. This remarkable transition in little more than a generation is the central theme of Germany Transformed. Here all the old stereotypes and conclusions are challenged and new research is marshalled to provide a model for an advanced democratic republic.Kendall Baker, Russell Dalton, and Kai Hildebrandt, working with massive natio ..."
"Combining thematic chapters and country cases, Comparative Politics Today : A World View sets the standard for introducing the field of comparative politics and for illustrating how to compare the world's political systems. "Written by leading comparativists and area study specialists, Comparative Politics Today helps to sort through the world's complexity and to recognize patterns that lead to genuine political insight.""
"Is the party over? Parties are the central institutions of representative democracy, but critics increasingly claim that parties are failing to perform their democratic functions. Political Parties and Democratic Linkage assembles unprecedented cross-national evidence to assess how parties link the individual citizen to the formation of governments and then to government policies. Using the Comparative Study of Electoral Systems and oth ..."
The Good Citizen(1st Edition) How A Younger Generation Is Reshaping American Politics, Revised Edition by RussellJ. Dalton, Revised Edition Paperback, 256 Pages, Published 2008 by Cq Press ISBN-13: 978-1-60426-556-9, ISBN: 1-60426-556-6
"ABOUT THE REVISED EDITIONBefore the Iowa caucuses, nearly all political analysts believed that the Obama campaign strategy of targeting young Americans was doomed to failure. His election win proved the detractors wrong. In a new epilogue of The Good Citizen, focusing on the 2008 presidential election, Russell Dalton answers questions that are sure to resonate with your students and provide great fodder for lively discussion:Should we b ..."
"Presenting the revised and updated theoretical chapters from the bestselling Comparative Politics Today, this text is a brief survey of the fundamental concepts students need to study government and politics. Beginning with a discussion of the purpose of government and of the methods for comparing political systems, the text then examines system, process, and policy as well as essential themes in comparative politics, like democratizati ..."
"Comparative Politics Today is the text that defined the discipline of comparative politics and continues to set the standard for the course with and the most current country study chapters available. The chapters on England, France, Germany, Russia, Japan, India, and the United States have all been thoroughly updated. As in the previous edition, theoretical chapters (Chapters 1-7) at the beginning of the book explore the "purpose of go ..."
"The first truly pan-European survey of contemporary European politics that includes nations from both Western and Eastern Europe as well as a separate chapter on the European Union, European Politics Today continues to offer the most current scholarship available. "
"What does democracy expect of its citizens, and how do the citizenry match these expectations? This Oxford Handbook examines the role of the citizen in contemporary politics, based on essays from the world's leading scholars of political behavior research. The recent expansion of democracy has both given new rights and created new responsibilities for the citizenry. These political changes are paralleled by tremendous advances in our em ..."