A recent study for the World Bank lent credence to those widespread feelings of discontent, concluding that overall poverty in 2004-5 "was back to almost the same level as it was in 1995-1996".
These collectives are hard to pin down on the issues because they are more a reflection of popular discontent with an overall system, rather than a focused campaign in favor or against a particular policy.
"The overall sense is that there is a real discontent about this," said Prof. Joseph Turow of the Annenberg School.
Next Generation Equity Research's Davies blames overall weakness in the stock market, as well as discontent related to recent earnings guidance from the company.
Abbott's announcement on Sunday that Australia would take more Syrians and Iraqis without increasing the overall refugee intake left several members of his own party discontent.
And most remain deeply dissatisfied with the way their democracies work in practice, though in 12 countries their discontent has diminished since 1996 (chart 4 below).Even so, overall, support for authoritarian government is not increasing (and in Brazil, Colombia and Venezuela it has declined significantly).
However, the discontent within the locker room and the team's overall struggles culminated with Holmes criticizing and arguing with teammates in the huddle against Miami.
Logical explanations, though, are less interesting than the overall mood of menace that Wheatley instils in this ordinary world of suburban discontent – not least, through Jim Williams's abrasively oppressive score.
That implies that but for the war on terrorism, which buoyed up his overall popularity, Mr Bush would not have been able to shield Republican candidates from economic discontent.
Overall, dissatisfaction with waiting times at assessment sites seems to have been the most important predictor of discontent among ART patients.
