New Elites in Old States: Ideologies in the Anglo-American Democracies

by Neil Nevitte and Roger Gibbins

This study of contemporary political culture examines belief systems among youth elites in five countries that share not only roughly comparable economies, social structures, and cultural environments, but also the same political tradition: Canada, the United States, Britain, Australia, and New Zealand. Based on a survey of over 3,000 senior undergraduates conducted between 1980 and 1987, it focuses on attitudes towards government, feminism, minority...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195408039
• ISBN13: 9780195408034
• Release Date: May 1991
• Publisher: Oxford University Press Canada
• Length: 222 Pages
• Weight: 0.68 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"