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Ada W. Finifter
Researcher at Michigan State University
Publications - 13
Citations - 901
Ada W. Finifter is an academic researcher from Michigan State University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Politics & Ideology. The author has an hindex of 7, co-authored 13 publications receiving 878 citations.
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Dimensions of Political Alienation
TL;DR: In recent years there has emerged in this country a radical questioning and rejection of established political institutions unparalleled since the Civil War in its intensity and scope as discussed by the authors, and one objective indicator of this trend since World War II is the marked rise in voluntary renunciation of American citizenship, an act which represents the formal and final estrangement of the individual from his former political ties.
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The Friendship Group as a Protective Environment for Political Deviants
TL;DR: In this paper, a study of the relationship between partisan preference and social integration in natural work groups in several automobile plants was conducted, showing that the number of work group friends increases from the Democratic to the Republican end of a standard party identification scale.
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Redefining the Political System of the USSR: Mass Support for Political Change
Ada W. Finifter,Ellen Mickiewicz +1 more
TL;DR: The authors explored two attitudes relevant to the revolutionary changes there: attitudes toward change and political democracy and attitudes toward a core component of socialist ideology, the locus of responsibility for social well-being (the state or individuals).
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On the Meaning of Political Trust: New Evidence from Items Introduced in 1978
Paul R. Abramson,Ada W. Finifter +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the University of Michigan Center for Political Studies introduced four new political trust questions that, more than the standard trust items used over the course of two decades, have specific referents-President Carter, the Carter administration, and the U.S. Congress.
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Party Identification and Political Adaptation of American Migrants in Australia
TL;DR: This paper showed that American party identification influences the political adaptation of American migrants in Australia by affecting both whether or not they adopt an Australian party identification and the particular parties they select. But, political ideology is an even more important factor in selecting a new party identification, leading some American Democrats to choose a more conservative party, and some American Republicans a more liberal one, in Australia.