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Citizen Politics: Public Opinion and Political Parties In Advanced Industrial Democracies, 5th Edition

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This book had potential. Civic engagement is a rapidly growing area of study in political science. Instead, I found it to be a boring and overly "academic" look at public opinion and mobilization. It is not an "accessible" book.

I'm not terribly sure that I share the optimism that is a feature of Russell Dalton's Citizen Politics that the average person on the street has a meaningful impact on the political process throughout Western Europe and the United States, given how politically unaware our society is, but overall its' very well written and conscience which isn't something that can be said about many graduate level textbooks. Many of the chapters are quick reads that are chocked full of information about how vital citizens are to the development of the political process in industrialized democracies...though at no point does this information overwhelm the reader like many grad texts that are often more concerned about how many 50 dollar words they can spread round than presenting meaningful information and debate. Bravo for the effort, Mr. Dalton.

Very thin book with very glossy cover.
My having opened and read it was very apparent by the creases that quickly appeared on such a glossy spine.