Personal and Political Sources of Political Alienation
- 27 January 1975
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in British Journal of Political Science
- Vol. 5 (1) , 1-31
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0007123400008024
Abstract
This paper began by reviewing several major conceptual and methodological difficulties surrounding the measurement of political alienation/allegiance and proceeded to describe the level and the sources of alienation (as measured by our preliminary indicator, the PAI) within the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Area. We defined political alienation as a relatively enduring sense of estrangement from or rejection of the prevailing political system and emphasized the importance of distinguishing this attitude from disapproval of incumbent officeholders.Keywords
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- Dimensions of Political AlienationAmerican Political Science Review, 1970