{"product_id":"the-participation-gap-social-status-and-political-inequality-hardcover","title":"The Participation Gap: Social Status and Political Inequality - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRussell J. Dalton\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe dilemma of democracy arises from two contrasting trends. More people in the established democracies are participating in civil society activity, contacting government officials, protesting, and using online activism and other creative forms of participation. At the same time, the importance of social status as an influence on political activity is increasing. The democratic principle of the equality of voice is eroding. The politically rich are getting richer-and the politically needy have less voice. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis book assembles an unprecedented set of international public opinion surveys to identify the individual, institutional, and political factors that produce these trends. New forms of activity place greater demands on participants, raising the importance of social status skills and resources. Civil society activity further widens the participation gap. New norms of citizenship shift how people participate. And generational change and new online forms of activism accentuate this process. Effective and representative government requires a participatory citizenry and equal voice, and participation trends are undermining these outcomes. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cem\u003e The Participation Gap\u003c\/em\u003e both documents the growing participation gap in contemporary democracies and suggests ways that we can better achieve their theoretical ideal of a participatory citizenry and equal voice.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eRussell J. Dalton, \u003cem\u003eResearch Professor of Political Science, University of California, Irvine\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRussell Dalton is a Research Professor of Political Science at the Center for the Study of Democracy at the University of California, Irvine. Dalton has been awarded a Fulbright Research Fellowship, Scholar-in-Residence at the Barbra Streisand Center, German Marshall Fund Research Fellowship, and the POSCO Fellowship at the East West Center in Hawaii. His research focuses on the role of citizens in the political process. His publications include \u003cem\u003e Political Parties and Democratic Linkage\u003c\/em\u003e (OUP, 2011), and \u003cem\u003e Citizens, Context, and Choice\u003c\/em\u003e (OUP, 2011).\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 254\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 9.2 x 6.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 19, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45863040909509,"sku":"9780198733607","price":106.02,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0757\/6718\/5605\/files\/fjxaX0F8TG9780198733607.webp?v=1771576222","url":"https:\/\/selloorium.com\/products\/the-participation-gap-social-status-and-political-inequality-hardcover","provider":"Selloorium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}