M. Kent Jennings

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M. Kent Jennings is affiliated with the following schools: University of California, Santa Barbara, University of Michigan, University of California, Davis, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, University of Redlands

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According to Wikipedia, Myron Kent Jennings is an American political scientist best known for his path-breaking work on the patterns and development of political preferences and behaviors among young Americans. He is widely held in libraries worldwide and is recognized as one of the "founding fathers" of political socialization research and theory. He is Distinguished Professor of Political Science at the University of California, Santa Barbara and Professor Emeritus of Political Science at the University of Michigan. He was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1982, and served as the president of the International Society of Political Psychology in 1989–1990 and as the president of the American Political Science Association in 1997–1998.

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Politics across Generations: Family Transmission Reexamined (2009) (726)
The Transmission of Political Values from Parent to Child (1968) (692)
Generations and Politics: A Panel Study of Young Adults and Their Parents (1981) (547)
Internet Use and Civic Engagement: A Longitudinal Analysis (2003) (480)
Political Socialization and the High School Civics Curriculum in the United States (1968) (410)
Issues and Inheritance in the Formation of Party Identification (1991) (366)
The Political character of adolescence (1974) (348)
Partisan Orientations over the Long Haul: Results from the Three-Wave Political Socialization Panel Study (1984) (348)
Pathways to Participation (1982) (346)
Continuities in Political Action: A Longitudinal Study of Political Orientations in Three Western Democracies (1990) (338)
Political Character of Adolescence: The Influence of Families and Schools (1974) (335)
Life-Cycle Transitions and Political Participation: The Case of Marriage (1995) (318)
Social Trust and Civic Engagement across Time and Generations (2004) (317)
IDEOLOGICAL THINKING AMONG MASS PUBLICS AND POLITICAL ELITES (1992) (227)
Family Traditions, Political Periods, and the Development of Partisan Orientations (1991) (217)
POLITICAL KNOWLEDGE OVER TIME AND ACROSS GENERATIONS (1996) (215)
Residues of a Movement: The Aging of the American Protest Generation (1987) (201)
Of Time and the Development of Partisan Polarization (2008) (162)
Generation Units and the Student Protest Movement in the United States: An Intra- and Intergenerational Analysis (2002) (157)
Interest in politics (1990) (140)
Cultivating Democracy: Civic Environments and Political Socialization in America (2004) (133)
The image of the federal service (1964) (125)
Continuity and Change in Political Orientations: A Longitudinal Study of Two Generations (1975) (120)
Gender Roles and Inequalities in Political Participation: Results from an Eight-Nation Study (1983) (116)
Political Involvement in the Later Years: A Longitudinal Survey (1988) (116)
Parties in Transition: A Longitudinal Study of Party Elites and Party Supporters (1988) (113)
Political Continuities in French Families: A New Perspective on an Old Controversy (1981) (112)
Another Look at the Life Cycle and Political Participation (1979) (110)
The Effect of Military Service on Political Attitudes: A Panel Study (1977) (103)
Political Participation in the Chinese Countryside (1997) (100)
The Persistence of Political Orientations: An Over-Time Analysis of Two Generations (1978) (99)
Political Similarity And Influence Between Husbands And Wives (2001) (91)
Parents as "Middlepersons" in Political Socialization (1975) (90)
Generations and Politics: A Panel Study of Young Adults and Their Parents. (1982) (88)
Governing American Schools: Political Interaction in Local School Districts. (1977) (87)
Generations and Politics (2014) (80)
Mothers Versus Fathers: The Formation of Political Orientations Among Young Americans (1969) (73)
Socialization and Social Class. (1972) (70)
The electoral process (1966) (62)
The Division of Political Labor Between Mothers and Fathers (1971) (61)
Social Roles and Political Resources: An Over-Time Study of Men and Women in Party Elites (1981) (60)
Political Periods and Political Participation (1979) (58)
The Formation of Left‐Right Identification: Pathways and Correlates of Parental Influence (2016) (54)
Political Responses to Pain and Loss Presidential Address, American Political Science Association, 1998 (1999) (54)
The Effect of Advance Letters on Cooperation in a List Sample Telephone Survey (2002) (50)
Generations, Political Status, and Collective Memories in the Chinese Countryside (2005) (50)
Party identification and party closeness in comparative perspective (1988) (50)
Patterns of Political Learning (1968) (50)
The Intergenerational Transfer of Political Ideologies in Eight Western Nations (1984) (49)
Party Identification at Multiple Levels of Government (1966) (49)
The Importance of Social and Political Context: The Case of AIDS Activism (2003) (47)
The Effects of Social Class Identification on Participatory Orientations Towards Government (2004) (46)
The Salience of American State Politics (1970) (44)
Elections at Home and Abroad. (1995) (43)
The Intergenerational Transmission of Contending Place Identities (2012) (41)
Support for Confrontational Tactics among AIDS Activists: A Study of Intra-Movement Divisions (1996) (39)
The Gender Gap in Attitudes and Beliefs about the Place of Women in American Political Life: A Longitudinal, Cross-Generational Analysis (2006) (39)
Politics across Generations : Family Transmission (2009) (36)
Patterns of local community leadership (1968) (36)
Elections at home and abroad : essays in honor of Warren E. Miller (1994) (35)
Men and Women in Party Elites: Social Roles and Political Resources (1968) (33)
Pre-Adult Orientations to Multiple Systems of Government (1967) (32)
Parties in transition (1986) (31)
The Similarity of Husbands' and Wives' Political Views (1977) (28)
Thinking About Social Injustice (1991) (28)
Gender and Political Participation in the Chinese Countryside (1998) (26)
The Persistence of the Past: The Class of 1965 Turns Fifty (1999) (25)
Exploring Multi-Issue Activism (2010) (24)
The Impact of Vietnam on Trust in Government (1975) (23)
Community Influentials: The Elites of Atlanta. (1965) (22)
Response Styles and Politics: The Case of School Boards. (1971) (19)
Familial Origins of Gender Role Attitudes (2015) (18)
Another and Longer Look at the Impact of Higher Education on Political Involvement and Attitudes (2008) (18)
Class, Party, and Race in Four Types of Elections: The Case of Atlanta (1966) (16)
Ideology, Gender and Political Action: A Cross-National Survey (1980) (16)
PARENTAL GRIEVANCES AND SCHOOL POLITICS (1968) (14)
Political Action I (An Eight Nation Study) (1976) (13)
An Aggregate Analysis of Home and School Effects on Political Socialization. (1974) (12)
Aging, Generations, and the Development of Partisan Polarization in the United States (2006) (11)
LOWERING THE VOTING AGE: THE CASE OF THE RELUCTANT ELECTORATE (1969) (10)
10 The Crystallization of Orientations (1990) (10)
American Political Participation Viewed Through the Lens of the Political Socialization Project (2004) (10)
ON THE PERIPHERY OF THE SEX INDUSTRY (1998) (9)
The Variable Nature of Generational Conflict (1976) (9)
Updating Political Periods and Political Participation (1984) (8)
Local Problem Agendas in the Chinese Countryside as Viewed by Cadres and Villagers (2003) (8)
The dynamics of good citizenship norms (2015) (8)
Public Administrators and Community Decision Making (1963) (8)
Comparative political socialization (1970) (8)
FAMILY STRUCTURE AND THE TRANSMISSION OF POLITICAL VALUES (1966) (8)
Political Attitudes of Parents and Social Studies Teachers: Comparisons and Linkages (1976) (7)
Comment on Richard Merelman's “Democratic Politics and the Culture of American Education” (1980) (6)
Partisan commitment and electoral behavior in the Netherlands (1996) (5)
The Conduct of Socio-Political Research in Schools: Strategies and Problems of Access (1968) (5)
Discontent with Schools (1975) (4)
Continuities in comparative research strategies: The Mannheim Data Confrontation Seminar (1977) (3)
Federal and Nonfederal Employees: A Comparative Social-Occupational Analysis (1967) (3)
TRUSTED LEADERS: PERCEPTIONS OF APPOINTED FEDERAL OFFICIALS (1966) (3)
Interest Representation in School Governance. (1970) (3)
Comment on the Merelman-Jennings Exchange (Vol. 74, June 1980, pp. 319-41) (1981) (3)
Learning About Politics in American High Schools: A Progress Report on a National Survey. (1968) (2)
11 Conclusion: Some Consequences for Systems and Governments (1990) (2)
Planning and Community Elites in two Cities (1965) (2)
Intraparty Communications and the Selection of Delegates to a National Convention (1969) (2)
A MODERATE'S VICTORY IN A SOUTHERN CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT (1964) (2)
Referendum Voting: Social Status and Policy Preferences. (1989) (2)
Families and the Politics of Identity: The Case of Catalonia (2010) (1)
War, Presidents and Public Opinion . By John E. Mueller. (New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1973. Pp. xxiv, 300. $7.95 cloth, $4.95 paper.) (1974) (1)
Changing Relationships between Religion and Politics: A Longitudinal, Multi-GDeneratiional Analysis (2007) (1)
Political Action II (1983) (1)
Politics and Socialization (2015) (1)
The Politicial Character of Adolescence: The Influence of Families and Schools@@@How Family Members Perceived Each Other: Political and Social Attitudes in Two Generations (1975) (1)
The American Occupational Structure . By Blau Peter and Duncan Otis Dudley. (New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1967. Pp.xi, 520. $14.95.) (1968) (1)
Politics Across Generations: Family Transmission Reexamined - eScholarship (2001) (1)
ANALYZING PAIRS IN CROSS‐NATIONAL SURVEY RESEARCH (1977) (1)
Voting Across Time and Generations (2009) (1)
Political Learning in the Schools: An Overview and a Special View. (1971) (1)
MASS PUBLICS AND POLITICAL ELITES (2016) (0)
Biographical Notes on Contributors (1990) (0)
12. Conclusion: Interpretation of a Half-Empty Glass (1981) (0)
Appendix: Study Design and Execution (2015) (0)
APSA Contributors (2010) (0)
6. Continuity and Change at the Aggregate Level: Political Preferences and Attitudes (1981) (0)
The Political Action Panel Study (1983) (0)
Businessman in the Statehouse. By Luther H. Hodges. Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press, 1962. 324 pp. $4.75 (1963) (0)
Cosmopolitanism Scale 1966 (1995) (0)
Book Review:Adolescent Prejudice. Charles Y. Glock, Robert Wuthnow, Jane Allyn Piliavin, Metta Spencer (1977) (0)
The Shape and Consequences of Voting Histories (2009) (0)
Book Review:Four Cities: A Study in Comparative Policy Making. Oliver P. Williams, Charles R. Adrian (1964) (0)
Community Power and Political Theory . By Nelson W. Polsby. (New Haven: Yale University Press, 1963. Pp. xiv, 144. $5.00.) (1964) (0)
8. The Prominence of Educational Stratification (1981) (0)
1. Political Learning, Individual Behavior, and the Political System (2015) (0)
11. Re-Creation and Change of the Political Culture (2015) (0)
Appendix Β. Description of Basic Measures and Their Distributions for Youths and Parents, 1965 and 1973 (1981) (0)
3. Opinions on Public Policy Issues (2015) (0)
[no title] (1966) (0)
2. Persistence at the Individual Level: Involvement, Resources, and Participation (1981) (0)
The Sources of American Student Activism. By James L. Wood. (Lexington, Mass.: Lexington Books, D. C. Heath, 1974. Pp. xviii + 187. $15.00.) (1977) (0)
4. Political Knowledge and Conceptual Sophistication (2015) (0)
6. The Impact of Parental Agreement (2015) (0)
7. The Identification of Generations: Cohort Versus Panel Change (1981) (0)
Community Political Systems. Edited by Morris Janowitz. Glencoe, Ill.: The Free Press, 1961. 259 pp. $7.50 (1962) (0)
3. Persistence at the Individual Level: Political Preferences and Attitudes (1981) (0)
2. Attachments to the Political Parties (2015) (0)
Men Near the Top: Filling Key Posts in the Federal Service . By John J. Corson and R. Shale Paul. (Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins Press, 1966. Pp. xvii, 189. $6.00.) (1967) (0)
MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF COUNCIL HELD IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS, MAIN STREET, CAMBRAI (2011) (0)
[no title] (1969) (0)
11. Protest Behavior And Its Legacy (1981) (0)
APSA Contributors (2003) (0)
10. Political Development over the Life Cycle (2015) (0)
International Workbook: Social Mobility (1976) (0)
9. Sex, Gender Roles, and the Challenge to Tradition (1981) (0)
Committee on Research Support (1978) (0)
10. Race Comparisons in an Era of Change (1981) (0)
POPS PRICE DESCRIPTORS MF 01 / PCO 2 Plus Postage . * Citizen Participation : Citizenship Education : * Family Influence : Longitudinal Studies : Models : * Political Attitudes : * School Involvement : Secondary Education : * Socialization (2011) (0)
12. Political Learning in Perspective (2015) (0)
APSA Contributors (2011) (0)
SAMUEL J. ELDERSVELD (2010) (0)
First Tuesday.@@@And Constituency Politics. (1966) (0)
APSA Contributors (as of December 1, 2008) (2009) (0)
6 Perceptions of Social Injustice (1990) (0)
1. The Study of Persistence and Change (1981) (0)
Party Closeness Scale 1988 (1995) (0)
5. Citizenship Roles within the System (2015) (0)
SOCIALIZATION AND SOCIAL CLASS. By Alan C. Kerckhoff. Englewood Cliffs: Prentice-Hall, 1972. 170 pp. $5.95 (1973) (0)
Community Power and Political Theory: A Further Look at Problems of Evidence and Inference , Rev. ed. By Nelson W. Polsby. (New Haven: Yale University Press, 1980. Pp. xxvi + 245. $22.50, cloth; $5.95, paper.) (1981) (0)
Appendix A. Data Sources (1981) (0)
Lasting Political Consequences of High School Environments (2006) (0)
The governing of school districts : a national study of school boards, superintendents and the general public : preliminary report (1969) (0)
The Child's Construction of Politics . By Connell R. W.. (Carlton, Victoria: Melbourne University Press, 1971. Pp. 251. $4.95.) (1973) (0)
5. Continuity and Change at the Aggregate Level: Involvement, Resources, and Participation (1981) (0)
4. The Dynamics of Family Transmission (1981) (0)

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