Political actions and outcomes depend on people's preferences over candidates, policies,
and other politically relevant phenomena. For this reason, a great deal of political activity …

A classical question in political sociology is whether unemployment depresses political
involvement. However, we still know very little about how individual and contextual factors …

What influences political behavior more--one's gender or one's gendered personality traits?
Certain gendered traits have long been associated with particular political leanings in …

Turnout among young adults has declined steadily in various advanced industrial
democracies in recent decades. At the same time, as a consequence of delayed transitions …

While electoral research usually distinguishes voters from abstainers, in the Swiss direct
democratic context one needs to take into account a third category of citizens, the selective …

Many studies have engaged youth's apathy to electoral participation, but there is a special
interest in South African youth. They are beneficiaries of long history of struggle for political …

Armed groups often transform into political parties, which involves a profound transformation
of the organizational culture. How these parties condition the continued political mobilization …

Research documenting disparities in political participation across racial and ethnic groups
(in particular lower levels of participation for Blacks and Latinos, compared to Whites) has …

This chapter reviews how interpersonal influences, institutional influences, the volunteer
experience, life events, and practical considerations affect starting or stopping formal …

This article analyzes how the political participation of men and women varies across the life
course in Italy. Various studies on the topic have looked at the effects of the life cycle on …