This course focuses on the formation and the political consequences of individual political attitude and behavior. It will familiarize the students with the existing literature on collecting and measuring public opinion, particularly on survey research and experimental political science. It will compare the various aspects of political culture in different societies. It will also examine public opinion and political behavior under the general concepts of political participation, political identity, political communication, and political contention. By discussing the existing literature, students are expected to develop their own research ideas and use empirical evidence to test their hypotheses.
This book offers empirical evidence for the importance of "civic community" in developing successful institutions. The focus is on a unique experiment begun in 1970, when Italy created new governments for each of its regions. After spending two decades analyzing the efficacy of these governments in such fields as agriculture, housing, and healthcare, the book reveals patterns of associationism, trust, and cooperation that facilitate good governance and economic prosperity. It reflects on the power of institutional change to remold political life, and the powerful constraints that history and social context impose on institutional success.
This book examines fundamental questions about what journalism in the age of information means in an international context. Section One deals with external influences on journalism. Section Two explores notions of the role of sources in the news, news selection processes, professional ethics in journalism, and the professional ideology of objectivity. Section Three considers questions of the fundamental nature of journalism in the context of current anxiety-filled debates about the changes within journalism, and explores some neglected genres of journalism that have been expanding in recent decades such as sports writing and lifestyle journalism.
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