The routine finding of a positive relation between participation in voluntary associations and
civic values and attitudes can be explained by two different causal mechanisms. On the one …

Names: Beck, Dave, author.| Purcell, Rod, author. Title: Community development for social
change/Dave Beck and Rod Purcell. Description: Abingdon, Oxon; New York, NY …

While it is well established that education is positively correlated with voter turnout at the
individual level, the increased educational levels in most western countries have not caused …

We studied the impact of an individual's family and community background on their voting
propensity in the 2015 Finnish parliamentary elections by employing a sibling design on an …

This paper explores the relationship between political participation on the one hand and
parental/adolescent socio-economic status on the other hand. We analyzed this research …

Physical attractiveness is an important social factor in our daily interactions. Scholars in
social psychology provide evidence that attractiveness stereotypes and the “halo effect” are …

As deliberative democracy is gaining practical momentum, the question arises whether
citizens' attitudes toward everyday political talk are congruent with this 'talk-centric'vision of …

1. The representation ratio measures the degree of over or under-representation of any
particular group. A value of 1.0 indicates that the group in question participates in proportion …

Despite its age, Milbrath's 1965 framework of political participation is still widely cited. A
computer simulation is used to empirically test the framework for the first time. The parameter …

This pioneering volume argues for the inclusion of children, and the structure known as
'childhood', as a permanent social category worthy of continued study within the discipline of …