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Title:

Political participation and American democracy / edited by William Crotty.

Publisher:

Greenwood Press,

Copyright Date:

1991

Description:

x, 233 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Subject:

Political participation--United States.
Voting--United States.
Political participation.
Voting.
Participation politique--États-Unis.
Vote--États-Unis.
Participation politique.
Vote.
Individuals--Participation of--Individuals
United States

Other Authors:

Crotty, William J.
Policy Studies Organization.

Notes:

"Prepared under the auspices of the Policy Studies Organization." Includes bibliographical references (p. [213]-224) and index.

Contents:

Political participation : mapping the terrain / William Crotty -- Theories of turnout : an empirical comparison of alienationist and rationalist perspectives / Jack Dennis -- Nonvoting in America : attitudes in context / John R. Petrocik and Daron Shaw -- When turnout matters : mobilization and conversion as determinants of election outcomes / Thomas E. Cavanagh -- Legal-institutional factors and voting participation : the impact of women's suffrage on voter turnout / Jerrold G. Rusk and John J. Stucker -- Political participation and discrimination : a comparative analysis of Asians, Blacks, and Latinos / Carole Jean Uhlaner -- Voting for judges : race and roll-off in judicial elections / Richard L. Engstrom and Victoria M. Caridas -- Participation and political knowledge / Jane Junn.

Series:

Contributions in political science, 0147-1066 ; no. 279

ISBN:

9780313276521 (alk. paper)
0313276528 (alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)23212491
(OCoLC)26549004

LCCN:

91009175

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)