The Good Citizen by Russell J Dalton
Focusing on the 2008 presidential election, this title answers questions that are sure to resonate with your students and provide great fodder for lively discussion: Should we be surprised by Obama's appeal to the young engaged citizens? What were the sources of this appeal? And who voted for Obama in November?
Russell Dalton is a professor at the University of California, Irvine and former director of the Center for the Study of Democracy. His research and teaching focuses on the changing nature of citizen politics in contemporary democracies. He has received a Fulbright Research Fellowship, a German Marshall Fund Fellowship, Barbra Streisand Center Fellowship and POSCO Research Fellowship. He has served on the boards of the American National Election Study, the British Election Study and the Comparative Study of Electoral Systems. Among his recent authored or edited books are The Apartisan American (2012), Political Parties and Democratic Linkage (2011), Citizens, Context and Choice (2011), The Good Citizen (2009), Oxford Handbook of Political Behavior (2007), Citizens, Democracy and Markets around the Pacific Rim (2006), Democratic Challenges, Democratic Choices: The Erosion of Political Support in Advanced Industrial Democracies (2004), Democracy Transformed? The Expansion of Citizen Access in Advanced Industrial Democracies (2003), and Parties without Partisans: Political Change in Advanced Industrial Democracies (co-editor, 2001). He has also appeared in six feature-length Hollywood movies.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781604265569 |
| ISBN 10 | 1604265566 |
| Title | The Good Citizen |
| Author | Russell J Dalton |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc |
| Year published | 2008-12-19 |
| Number of pages | 256 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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