Citizen Politics and Democracy: Public Opinion and Political Parties in Advanced Industrial Societies

Since its first edition in 1988, Citizen Politics has provided a concise examination of citizens’ political behavior and politicians’ responses in advanced industrial democracies.It communicates findings from state-of-the-art research on parties, public opinion, and voters in a way that is at once accessible and comprehensive.It argues that ordinary people do, in fact, have what it takes to meet the demands of their roles as citizens in representative democracies.Informed by evidence from cross-national public opinion surveys, past editions of the book offered a tone of moderation-or perhaps guarded optimism-that leans against the more extreme, attention-grabbing approach of the 24-hour news cycle.The eighth edition will continue in this vein. The text will focus on opinion, voter choice, and political representation by comparing recent elections in the UK, France, Germany, and the United States.This four-nation comparison strikes the right balance between depth and breadth and does so