Participation in America: Political Democracy and Social Equality

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University of Chicago Press, 16. sij 1987. - Broj stranica: 428
Participation in America represents the largest study ever conducted of the ways in which citizens participate in American political life. Sidney Verba and Norman H. Nie addresses the question of who participates in the American democratic process, how, and with what effects. They distinguish four kinds of political participation: voting, campaigning, communal activity, and interaction with a public official to achieve a personal goal. Using a national sample survey and interviews with leaders in 64 communities, the authors investigate the correlation between socioeconomic status and political participation. Recipient of the Kammerer Award (1972), Participation in America provides fundamental information about the nature of American democracy.
 

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Participation and Democracy
1
THE PARTICIPATION INPUT
23
How Much? How Widespread?
25
An Overview
44
An Empirical Analysis
56
Their Orientations to Politics
82
Who Are the Activists?
95
A Reconsideration
102
THE CONSEQUENCES OF PARTICIPATION
265
The Role of Social Position and Party
286
I A Measure and Some Data
299
II The Basic Hypotheses
309
III Elaboration and Some
319
Who Gets What and How?
334
Appendix A The Sample Design
345
Descriptions and Frequency Distributions for the Demographic
363

THE PROCESS OF POLITICIZATION
123
Blacks Whites and Participation
149
The Organizational Context of Political Participation
174
Political Parties and Political Participation
209
A Test of Two Models
229
The Record of the Past Two Decades
248
Some Validity Checks
379
A Cluster Analysis
390
Appendix G Some Methodological Notes on Our Use of Parametric
403
Appendix H Description of the Sample of Local Community Leaders
410
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