Most explanations of inequality in political participation focus on costs or other barriers for
those with fewer economic, educational, and “cognitive” resources. I argue, drawing on …

The relationship between class and political engagement in the United States is well‐
established: people with lower incomes, who have less education, or who work outside the …

This book develops and empirically tests a social theory of political participation. It overturns
prior understandings of why some people (such as college-degree holders, churchgoers …

Wealthy, educated, and more privileged people are more likely to participate and be
represented in politics than their poorer, less educated, and less privileged counterparts. To …

Why does the likelihood of voting increase with education in the US? Prominent theories
attribute education's effect to human capital, which affords individuals resources needed to …

A variety of measures indicate that income inequality has grown significantly in the United
States during the last three decades (APSA 2004; Brandolini and Smeeding 2006). In a …

Much of the recent literature about political knowledge and public opinion concludes that the
low information levels of the American public are benign to the workings of democracy …

The exercise of political voice goes to the heart of democracy. By their political participation
citizens seek to control who will hold public office and to influence what policymakers do …

I demonstrate that both inequalities in politically relevant resources and the larger political
culture surrounding social welfare policy issues disadvantage those groups who are natural …

This paper reports the first findings from a project that examines the extent to which different
social groups find their policy preferences reflected in actual government policy and the …