After the Boom

Stephen C. Craig is professor of political science and director of the Florida Institute for Research on Elections at the University of Florida. He is author of The Malevolent Leaders: Popular Discontent in America.Stephen Earl Bennett is professor of political science and senior research associate at the Institute for Policy Research at the University of Cincinnati. He is co-author of Living with Leviathan: Americans Coming to Terms with Big Government.

• Chapter 1 Generations and Change: Some Initial ObservationsChapter 2 The "Age of Indifference" Revisited: Patterns of Political Interest/ Media Exposure/ and Knowledge Among Generation XChapter 3 The Partisanship Puzzle: Identification and Attitudes of Generation XChapter 4 Political Issues and Political Choice: Belief Systems/ Generations/ and the Potential for Realignment in American PoliticsChapter 5 Mixed Signals: Generation X's Attitudes Toward the Political SystemChapter 6 Generations and Tolerance: Is Youth Really a Liberalizing Factor?Chapter 7 Hazards Lie Ahead: Economic Prospects for Generation XChapter 8 Losing Canada? Generation X and the Constitutional Crisis