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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Sidney Verba is the Carl H. Pforzheimer University Professor of government at Harvard University. Norman H. Nie is professor of political science at the University of Chicago.
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Much of the current debate about the quality of American political life revolves around the question of participation. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
concurrence score, particularized contacting, leader concurrence, voting specialists, corrected participation rate, nonelectoral modes, standard socioeconomic model, parochial participants, parochial activists, complete activists, participation disparity, particularized contacts, overall participation scale, leader responsiveness, participation corrected, orientational profiles, community participation rates, particularized referents, issue extremity, mean participation rates, community boundedness, uncorrected score, particularized problems, less active citizens, inactive citizens Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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Much of the current debate about the quality of American political life revolves around the question of participation. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
concurrence score, particularized contacting, leader concurrence, voting specialists, corrected participation rate, nonelectoral modes, standard socioeconomic model, parochial participants, parochial activists, complete activists, participation disparity, particularized contacts, overall participation scale, leader responsiveness, participation corrected, orientational profiles, community participation rates, particularized referents, issue extremity, mean participation rates, community boundedness, uncorrected score, particularized problems, less active citizens, inactive citizens Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
American Political Science Review, New York, The American Voter, Strong Weak, The Civic Culture, Survey Research Center, Democratic Party, Sidney Verba, University of Michigan, Public Opinion Quarterly, Voting Figure, Lowest Activity, The Modes of Democratic Participation, Angus Campbell, Free Press, Low High Very, Lowest Highest Activity, New Haven, Weak Strong Dems, Cambridge University Press, Education Grade, Mass Publics, Nonmembers Inactive, Participation Leader, Religion Protestant New!
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- The American Voter by Angus Campbell on 10 pages
- Political Participation by Lester W. Milbrath on 10 pages
- The Responsible Electorate: Rationality in Presidential Voting, 1936-1960 by V. O. Key Jr. on page 103, page 104, and page 110
- Elections and the Political Order by A. Campbell on page 84, page 104, and page 300
- Considerations on Representative Government by Stuart John Mill on page 5, and page 11
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- Voice and Equality: Civic Voluntarism in American Politics by Sidney Verba on 6 pages
- A Virtuous Circle: Political Communications in Postindustrial Societies (Communication, Society and Politics) by Pippa Norris in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- How Policies Make Citizens: Senior Political Activism and the American Welfare State (Princeton Studies in American Politics) by Andrea Louise Campbell in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Machine Politics in Transition: Party and Community in Chicago (Studies of Urban Society) by Thomas M. Guterbock in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Generating Social Capital: Civil Society and Institutions in Comparative Perspective by Dietlind Stolle on page 17, and page 42
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