Russell Dalton

Recent Research

Recent articles and book chapters

Parties and Representative Government, from Russell Dalton, David Farrell and Ian McAllister, Political Parties and Democratic Linkage (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2012).

The Apartisan American, from Russell Dalton, The Apartisan American: Dealignment and Changing Electoral Politics. Washington, DC: CQ Press, 2012).

Virtual Civil Society in the United States and Australia," (with Miki Kittilson). Australian Journal of Political Science (2012)47: 11-29.

Virtual Civil Society: The New Frontier of Social Capital?," (with Miki Kittilson). Political Behavior (2011)33: 625-644.

Citizens, Context and Choice (with Christopher Anderson). In Russell Dalton and Christopher Anderson, eds. Citizens, Context and Choice: How Context Shapes Citizens' Electoral Choices. (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2011).

The Dynamics of Political Representation," (with David Farrell and Ian McAllister) in Martin Rosema, Bas Denters and Kees Aarts, eds. How Democracy Works: Political Representation and Policy Congruence in Modern Societies. (Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press/Pallas Publications, 2011).

Youth and Participation Beyond Elections. In Russell Dalton, ed. Engaging Youth in Politics. (New York: IDebate Press, 2011).

The Individual-Institutional Nexus of Protest Behavior (with Alix van Sickle and Steven Weldon) British Journal of Political Science (2010) 40: 51-73.

Is There a Single German Party System? (with Willy Jou) German Politics and Society (Spring 2010) 28: 34-52.

Economics, Environmentalism and Party Alignments: A Research Note on Partisan Change in Advanced Industrial Democracies, European Journal of Political Research (March 2009) 48: 161-175.

The Quantity and the Quality of Party Systems: Party System Polarization, its Measurement and its Consequences, Comparative Political Studies (July 2008).

Citizenship Norms and the Expansion of Political Participation, Political Studies (2008) 56: 76-98.

Understanding Democracy: Data from Unlikely Places (with Doh Shin and Willy Jou), Journal of Democracy (2007) 18: 142-156.

Citizenship and the Transformation of American Society, from Russell Dalton, The Good Citizen: How Young People are Transforming American Politics. Washington, DC: CQ Press, 2007, chapter 1.

Partisan Mobilization, Cognitive Mobilization, and the Changing American Electorate Electoral Studies (2007).

Citizens, Democracy and Markets (with Doh Chull Shin), in Russell Dalton and Doh Chull Shin, eds. Citizens, Democracy and Markets around the Pacific Rim. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2006, chapter 1.

Social Modernization and the End of Ideology Debate: Patterns of Ideological Polarization, Japanese Journal of Political Science (2006) 7: 1-22.

The Myth of the Disengaged American, Public Opinion Pros (http://www.publicopinionpros.com/), October 2005; reprinted by the Comparative Study of Electoral Systems.

Authority Orientations and Support for Democracy in East Asia: A Test of the ‘Asian Values' Hypothesis, (with Nhu-Ngoc Ong) Japanese Journal of Political Science (2005).

Public Images of Political Parties: A Necessary Evil?, (with Steven Weldon) West European Politics (November 2005) 28/5: 931-951.

The Greening of the Globe?: Cross-national Levels of Environmental Group Membership, Environmental Politics (August 2005) 14: 441-459.

Updated: February 2012