Newspaper Decline and the Effect on Local Government Coverage

The Annette Strauss Institute for Civic Participation was established at The University of This report has been cited in top journals and scholarly books by presses, such as Cambridge. The Annette Strauss Center and University of Texas at Austin opened in 2000 to respond to growing political cynicism and disaffection in the United States. The goals of the institute are (1) to conduct cutting-edge research on the ways in which civic participation and community understanding are undermined or sustained, and (2) to develop new programs for increasing democratic understanding among citizens.