"This is a major contribution . . . of exceptional substantive as well as analytic importance." --Fred I. Greenstein "Dr. Sniderman's work deals with a problem of high scholarly and social relevance, namely the relationship between certain personality traits and the political believes and behaviors necessary for effective participation in democratic politics. It is grounded in a thorough and judicious . . . research on the problem. Its hypotheses are carefully formulated and tested by methods that are both rigorous and appropriate, all of them the author's own creation." --Award Committee, E. E. Schattschneider Award
