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Participation in America

Political Democracy and Social Equality

By: Sidney Verba,Norman H. Nie

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Participation in America

Political Democracy and Social Equality

By: Sidney Verba,Norman H. Nie

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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0226852962

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9780226852966

Participation and Political Equality

A Seven-Nation Comparison

By: Sidney Verba,Norman H. Nie,Jae-on Kim

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Participation and Political Equality

A Seven-Nation Comparison

By: Sidney Verba,Norman H. Nie,Jae-on Kim

In this survey of political participation in seven nations - Nigeria, Austria, Japan, India, the Netherlands, Yugoslavia and the United States - the authors examine the relationship between social, economic, and educational factors and political participation. The book provides insight into an ongoing debate among political scientists and sociologist: why is political participation in some nations distributed evenly across economic, social, and educational lines, whereas other nations foster participation only by their privileged classes? The book treats politics not only as a dependent variable influenced by socioeconomic factors, but also as an independent variable that affects levels of political participation through variations in party systems and linkages between parties and other organizations.

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Cambridge University Press

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0521219051

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9780521219051

Education and Democratic Citizenship in America

By: Norman H. Nie,Jane Junn,Kenneth Stehlik-Barry

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Education and Democratic Citizenship in America

By: Norman H. Nie,Jane Junn,Kenneth Stehlik-Barry

Education affects these two dimensions in distinct ways, influencing democratic enlightenment through cognitive proficiency and sophistication, and political engagement through position in social networks. For characteristics of enlightenment, formal education simply adds to the degree to which citizens support and are knowledgeable about democratic principles.

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0226583899

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9780226583891

The Hard Count

The Political and Social Challenges of Census Mobilization

By: D. Sunshine Hillygus,Norman H. Nie,Kenneth Prewitt,Heili Pals

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The Hard Count

The Political and Social Challenges of Census Mobilization

By: D. Sunshine Hillygus,Norman H. Nie,Kenneth Prewitt,Heili Pals

American democracy relies on an accurate census to fairly allocate political representation and billions of dollars in federal funds. Declining participation in previous censuses and a general waning of civic engagement in society raised the possibility that the 2000 count would miss many Americans—disproportionately ethnic and racial minorities—depriving them of their share of influence in American society and yielding an unfair distribution of federal resources. Faced with this possibility, the Census Bureau launched a massive mobilization campaign to encourage Americans to complete and return their census forms. In The Hard Count, former Census Bureau director Kenneth Prewitt, D. Sunshine Hillygus, Norman H. Nie, and Heili Pals present a rigorous evaluation of this campaign. Can a busy, mobile, disengaged public be motivatived to participate in this civic activity? Using a rich set of data and drawing on theories of civic mobilization, political persuasion, and media effects, the authors assess the factors that influenced participation in the 2000 census.. The Hard Count profiles a watershed moment in the history of the American census. As the mobilization campaign was underway, political opposition to the census sprang up, citing privacy issues and seeking to limit the kind of data the census could collect. Hillygus, Nie, Prewitt, and Pals analyze the competing effects of the mobilization campaign and the privacy controversy on public attitudes and cooperation with the census. Using an internet based survey, the authors tracked a representative sample of Americans over time to gauge changes in census attitudes, privacy concerns, and their eventual decision whether or not to return their census form. The study uniquely captures the public's exposure to census advertising, community mobilization, and news stories, and was designed so people could view video clips and photos of actual campaign advertisements on their sets in their homes. The authors find that the Census Bureau campaign did in fact raise awareness of the census and census participation. The mobilization campaign was especially effective at increasing participation among groups historically undercounted by the census. They also find that census participation would have been higher if not for the privacy controversy, which discouraged many people from cooperating with the census and led others to omit information from their census form. The findings of The Hard Count have important policy implications for future census counts and offer theoretical insights regarding the influence of mobilization campaigns on civic participation. The goal of full and equal cooperation with the decennial census and other government surveys is an important national priority. The Hard Count shows that a mobilization campaign can dramatically increase voluntary participation in the decennial headcount and identifies emerging social and political challenges that may threaten future census counts and contribute to the growing fragility of our national statistical system.. A Volume in the Russell Sage Foundation Census Series

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Russell Sage Foundation

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1610442881

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9781610442886

Participation in America

Political Democracy and Social Equality

By: Sidney Verba,Norman H. Nie

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Political Democracy and Social Equality

By: Sidney Verba,Norman H. Nie

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Education and Democratic Citizenship in America

By: Norman H. Nie,Jane Junn,Kenneth Stehlik-Barry

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By: Norman H. Nie,Jane Junn,Kenneth Stehlik-Barry

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Participation in America

Participation in America

Participation and Political Equality

Participation and Political Equality

Education and Democratic Citizenship in America

Education and Democratic Citizenship in America

The Hard Count

The Hard Count

Participation in America

Participation in America

Education and Democratic Citizenship in America

Education and Democratic Citizenship in America

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