The American creed stresses political equality and political involvement, but substantial
political inequality still persists from one generation to the next. Despite the importance of …

We investigate how inequalities in political participation are shaped across generations by
considering the influence of family background-in particular, parents' education and political …

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Research on political mobility has ignored the impact that the past policy decisions of
officials may have on the probability of achieving a higher elected office. A large theoretical …

This article revisits the question of voter turnout in American presidential elections from the
perspective of political generations. We extend previous analyses by examining the entire …

Political socialization describes the process by which citizens crystalize political identities,
values and behavior that remain relatively persistent throughout later life. This chapter …

Adolescence is an important time for political development. Researchers have concentrated
on the family as the sole socializing agent of youths; however, as Campbell, Gimpel, and …

How do competing social influences shape individual partisanship over the course of the life
cycle? People enter and exit a host of environments over the course of the lifespan, and …

This dissertation offers the first comprehensive study of the early life origins of adults' interest
in politics, an intrinsic motivation that has been shown to generate many valuable …

This paper reframes our inquiry into voter turnout by making aging the lens through which
the traditional resource and cost measures of previous turnout research are viewed, thereby …