Abstract: Citizens and Political Behavior – Political Socialization – Belief Systems and Political Decision Making – Elite Beliefs and the Theory of Democratic Elitism – Political Psychology and Choice – Information, Persuasion, and Political Communication Networks – Political Communication – Perspectives on Mass Belief Systems and Communication – The Political Culture Paradigm – Individual Modernity – Left–Right Orientations – Postmaterialist Values and the Shift from Survival to Self-Expression Values – Clash of Values across Civilizations – Democratization: Perspectives from Global Citizenries – Perspectives on Political Behavior in Time and Space – Political Values – Political Intolerance in the Context of Democratic Theory – Social and Political Trust – The Welfare State: Values, Policy Preferences, and Performance Evaluations – Citizen Opinion on Foreign Policy and World Politics – Norms of Citizenship – Democratic Values – An Institutional Theory of Political Choice – The Decline of Social Class? – The Effects of Religion and Religiosity on Voting Behavior – Race and Political Behavior – Economic Models of Voting – New Dimensions of Political Cleavage – Partisanship Reconsidered – The Personalization of Politics – The Interaction of Structures and Voter Behavior – Perspectives on Electoral Behavior – Turnout in Elections – Political Activism and Party Members – Social Capital – Civil Society and Democratization – Social Movements – The Spread of Protest Politics – New Feminist Challenges to the Study of Political Engagement – New Modes of Campaigning – E-Government and Democracy – Perspectives on Political Participation – The Relationship between Public Opinion and Policy – Political Elites – Political Representation and Democracy – Perspectives on Representation: Asking the Right Questions and Getting the Right Answers – Research Resources in Comparative Political Behavior – Comparative Opinion Surveys – Methods of Elite Research

Keywords: welfare state, voting, turnout, state, society, social movements, social capital, representation, public opinion, psychology, preference, politics, political culture, political behaviour, networks, modernization, government, democratization, democracy, context, civil society, citizenship