1. CITIZENSHIP IN AMERICAN DEMOCRACY: FOUNDATION, CHANGES, CHALLENGES Morris P. Fiorina Stanford University Conference Sponsored by the Active Citizenship Foundation, Giovanni Moro, President Rome, Italy June 5, 2003

2. CITIZENSHIP IN THE UNITED STATES Beliefs, not Blood Rights, not Responsibilities Individuals, not Communities

3. Immigration to the United States, by Decade: 1820- 2000

4. New Immigrants as a Percentage of the Total United States Population, by Decade: 1820- 2000

5. CHANGES IN AMERICAN POLITICS SINCE 1960 Presidential Nominating Process “Candidate-centered” Politics Open Meetings Recorded Votes Expanded Rules of Standing Enhanced Judicial Review

6. CHANGES IN AMERICAN POLITICS SINCE 1960 Open Bureaucracy Intervenors “Maximum Feasible Participation” Proliferation of Local Bodies Advocacy Explosion Propositions Proliferation of Polls New Technologies

7. Americans Are Far Less Supportive Than Europeans of Government Actions to Reduce Economic Inequality

10. Americans Are Much More Optimistic About Their Chances of Getting Ahead Than People Elsewhere

11. SES Bias in Political Participation: Mean Number of Political Acts by Demographic Characteristics and Attitudes

12. SES Bias in Political Participation: Mean Number of Political Acts by Race or Ethnicity

13. Should it be possible for a pregnant woman to get a legal abortion if: There is a strong chance of a serious defect in the baby. She is married and doesn’t want more children. Her health is seriously endangered by the pregnancy. Her family has a very low income and can’t afford more children. She became pregnant as a result of rape. She is not married and does not want to marry the father.

14. Popular Attitudes Toward Abortion Have Been Remarkably Stable Since Roe v. Wade (1973) 6 2 1 0 3 4 5

15. Abortion Index by Political Party