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social science subjects > politics and international relations > political science > political concepts > political alienation
... > social science subjects > politics and international relations > political science > campaigns, elections and electoral behavior > social and psychological dynamics of electoral behavior > political alienation
... > social science subjects > politics and international relations > political science > campaigns, elections and electoral behavior > corruption in American campaigns and elections > political alienation

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political alienation  

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  • POLITICAL ALIENATION IS the sense of estrangement, repulsion, or disaffection that political actors experience to the extent that they regard the political system, regime, or government as distant and unresponsive. The societal causes of political alienation are established in the political sociology of Rousseau, Hegel, and Marx. [Source: Encyclopedia of U.S. Campaigns, Elections, and Electoral Behavior; Political Alienation]

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