* *1. Introduction * Part I: The World of Participation *2. Defining Political Participation *3. Political Participation: How Much? About What? *4. Interpreting Political Activity: A Report from Activists *5. Recruiting Political Activists * Part II: Participation and Representation *6. Thinking about Participatory Representation *7. Who Participates? Economic Circumstances and Needs *8. Who Participates? Race, Ethnicity, and Gender * Part III: The Civic Voluntarism Model *9. Explaining Participation: Introductory Considerations *10. Resources for Politics: Time and Money *11. Resources for Politics: Civic Skills *12. Resources, Engagement, and Political Activity *13. Institutions and Recruitment *14. Participation and the Politics of Issue Engagement *15. From Generation to Generation: The Roots of [incomplete]
Sidney Verba (1932–2019) was Carl H. Pforzheimer University Professor, Emeritus, and Research Professor of Government at Harvard University. Kay Lehman Schlozman is J. Joseph Moakley Endowed Professor of Political Science at Boston College. Henry E. Brady is Dean of the Goldman School of Public Policy and Professor of Political Science and Public Policy at the University of California, Berkeley.
Is American citizenship in crisis? Yes, say most pundits, not to
mention most scholars of contemporary political life. A more
nuanced reply appears in this comprehensive study… Voice and
Equality presents a challenging paradox. On the one hand, the
discourse of class is becoming less salient—in a political regime
that has never been heavily imbued with the rhetoric of economic
inequality. On the other, the state of political participation in
America is now such that ‘class’ matters profoundly.
*Wilson Quarterly*
This is undoubtedly an important book with revealing findings that
contradict some popular assumptions about the health of democracy
in the US. Despite the well documented loss of confidence in
political institutions and the decline of electoral turnout,
Americans continue to participate extensively in both political and
non-political organisations. The voice of the people is clear and
loud even if some voices are able to demand more attention than
others.
*Borderlines*
The authors of this book have, together and separately, been
fruitfully investigating political participation and inequality for
years. Juggling a dazzling, mind-boggling array of original survey
data, their new work makes the clear case that citizens’ experience
outside the realm of official politics—experience at home, church,
work, school, and ‘nonpolitical’ voluntary associations—infuses
their ability and desire to participate in politics. The ideal
image of the public sphere is that it [can] compensate for
inequalities bred elsewhere; this study forcefully shows how public
life actually amplifies them… The marvel of this compendium is that
it keeps so many questions in the air simultaneously… The book is
an extremely rich source of data with many startling,
thought-provoking finding.
*Contemporary Sociology*
Voice and Equality is a major contribution to understanding
patterns of political participation in the United States. First, it
advances our knowledge of participation by providing descriptive
details about the characteristics of those who engage in a variety
of political actions beyond the electoral and campaign activities
that can be examined through data collected in the American
National Election Studies. Second, models to account for variation
in several types of political activity are specified and tested.
Third, the effects of participation on representation are
assessed.
*Journal of Politics*
[The authors] have written a splendid and engaging empirical
treatise—large-scale social science at its very best—on how social
and economic resources influence the extent to which, and the ways
in which, people participate in politics and voluntary
organizations.
*Political Science Quarterly*
[A] significant event in the study of political participation and
democratic politics…Voice and Equality documents our progress as a
discipline in understanding the role of citizens in democratic
politics. Day-to-day, such progress may be difficult to see, but
over the longer haul it becomes quite apparent. Students of
citizenship and democratic politics will want to read Verba,
Schlozman, and Brady in order to witness that progress, as well as
to understand the challenges that lie ahead.
*Review of Politics*
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