Political Alienation and Political Behavior

Why do people adopt attitudes of political alienation--attitudes of estrangement from, or lack of identification with, the political system? Schwartz challenges accepted theories of social status and economic difficulties and developing a completely new, three variable psychological theories to explain alienation

David C. Schwartz

I: Introduction; 1: A Theory of Political Alienation; II: On the Limitations of Traditional Approaches to the Study of Political Alienation; 1: Introduction; Contexts and Methods of Research: Notes on the Data Chapters of this Book; 2: Socio-Cultural And Political Alienation; 3: Social Background Factors and Political Alienation; III: On the Psycho-Political Process of Alienation; 4: The Process of Political Alienation; 5: Psycho-Political Correlates of Political Alienation in Four Urban Communities; 6: On the Causes and Expression of Political Alienation among American University Students; 7: Political Alienation among Political Scientists and Sociologists; IV: On the Consequences of Political Alienation; 8: The Consequences of Alienation: A Theory of Alienated Political Behavior; 9: Alienation and the Adoption of Basic Political Orientations in a University Community; 10: Alienation and the Adoption of Basic Political Orientations in Black Communities; 11: Alienation and Communication Behavior; 12: From Political Alienation to Revolutionary Support; 13: Get Involved! and Get Alienated? Political Involvement and Political Alienation in Urban Communities; V: Conclusion; 14: From the lonely crowd to the Strident Society