Russell J Dalton

The Participation Gap

Social Status and Political Inequality

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This volume examines the changing patterns of political participation over the past quarter of a century and the ways they have altered the relationship between citizens and their government. It documents the growing participation gap in contemporary democracies and proposes a variety of methods to narrow the gap.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 254
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. Dezember 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 241mm x 4mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 513g
• ISBN-13: 9780198733607
• ISBN-10: 0198733607
• Artikelnr.: 48250442

Autorenporträt

Russell Dalton is a Research Professor of Political Science at the Center for the Study of Democracy at the University of California, Irvine. Dalton has been awarded a Fulbright Research Fellowship, Scholar-in-Residence at the Barbra Streisand Center, German Marshall Fund Research Fellowship, and the POSCO Fellowship at the East West Center in Hawaii. His research focuses on the role of citizens in the political process. His publications include Political Parties and Democratic Linkage (OUP, 2011), and Citizens, Context, and Choice (OUP, 2011).

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1: Political Equality as the Foundation of Democracy
Individual Level Patterns
2: Opening Political Doors
3: For Richer or Poorer, Politically Speaking
4: Civil Society Mobilizing Action
5: Age, Generations, and Participation
6: What's a Good Citizen to Do?
7: The Special Case of Online Activism
Contextual Patterns
8: Russell J. Dalton and Steve Weldon: Contextual Influences on Participation
9: Is the Gap Growing?
Implications
10: The Political Leanings of the Choir
11: Democracy in Unequal Terms
Appendix: Survey Questions