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The Decline of Confidence in American Institutions

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ID4286264
AuthorsSeymour Martin Lipset (Hoover Institution), William Schneider (0000-0002-9565-3914, American Enterprise Institute)
Year1983
Volume98
Issue3
Pages379-402
Publication date1983-09-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenuePolitical Science Quarterly (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0032-3195 • E-ISSN: 1538-165X
PublisherOxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.2307/2150494
OpenAlexW2316803033
LanguageEN
Citations received67

SEYMOUR MARTIN LIPSET is the Caroline S.G. Munroe Professor of Political Science and Sociology, senior fellow of the Hoover Institution, Stanford University, and the author of scores of books and articles on American society and politics. WILLIAM SCHNEIDER is a resident fellow at the American Enterprise Institute. This article is adapted from their new book. The Confidence Gap: Business, Labor, and Government in the Public Mind (The Free Press)

Economic history · Government (linguistics) · Institution · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Elite Sociology and Global Capitalism · History · Labor Movements and Unions · Law · Philosophy · Political and Economic history of UK and US

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Unique citing works67
Citations per year1,68
Citation span1986 - 2026 (41)
Citation velocitycurrent
Highly citedNo
Citation typesNeutral: 63

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