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