Voice and Equality

Civic Voluntarism in American Politics

Sidney Verba

Kay Lehman Schlozman

Henry Brady

  • Winner of the 2002 Johan Skytte Prize in Political Science, Sponsored by Uppsala University

1. Introduction

PART I: The World of Participation
2. Defining Political Participation
3. Political Participation: How Much? About What?
4. Interpreting Political Activity: A Report from Activists
5. Recruiting Political Activists

PART II: Participation and Representation
6. Thinking about Participatory Representation
7. Who Participates? Economic Circumstances and Needs
8. Who Participates? Race, Ethnicity, and Gender

PART III: The Civic Voluntarism Model
9. Explaining Participation: Introductory Considerations
10. Resources for Politics: Time and Money
11. Resources for Politics: Civic Skills
12. Resources, Engagement, and Political Activity
13. Institutions and Recruitment
14. Participation and the Politics of Issue Engagement
15. From Generation to Generation: The Roots of

  • Cover: Voice and Equality
  • A photo of the author

Sidney Verba is Carl H. Pforzheimer University Professor, Harvard University.

Kay Lehman Schlozman is Professor of Political Science, Boston College.

Henry E. Brady is Professor of Political Science and Public Policy, University of California, Berkeley.