Why we vote
Subtitle: how schools and communities shape our civic life
By: David E. Campbell.
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Princeton, NJ
Language: eng
Number of pages: 267
ISBN-13: 9780691125251
Subjects: Political participation; Community development; Social exchange; Voluntarism
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Voting alone; title: Putting Madison and Tocqueville to the test : the dual motivations theory of public engagement; title: Further implications of the dual motivations theory; title: Social networks; title: Social environments and adolescents' public engagement; title: The links between adolescents' and adults' public engagement; title: Adolescents' social environments and adults' public engagements : the civic motivation model; title: Conclusion : implications for theory and policy.