Why we vote [electronic resource] : how schools and communities shape our civic life / David E. Campbell.
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1 online resource (284 pages)
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Why we vote : how schools and communities shape our civic life -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter One: Introduction: Voting Alone -- Part One: What You Do Now Depends on Where You Are Now -- Chapter Two: Putting Madison and Tocqueville to the Test: The Dual Motivations Theory of Public Engagement -- Chapter Three: Further Implications of the Dual Motivations Theory -- Chapter Four: Social Networks -- Part Two: What You Did Then Depends on Where You Were Then -- Chapter Five: Social Environments and Adolescents' Public Engagement -- Part Three: What You Do Now Depends on What You Did Then -- Chapter Six: The Links between Adolescents' and Adults' Public Engagement -- Part Four: What You Do Now Depends on Where You Were Then -- Chapter Seven: Adolescents' Social Environments and Adults' Public Engagement: The Civic Motivation Model -- Chapter Eight: Conclusion: Implications for Theory and Policy -- Appendix A: Data Sources -- Appendix B: Questions from the 1996 National Election Study Used in Table 2.1 and Figure 2.4 -- Appendix C: Full Results of Models Discussed in the Text -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
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Why do more people voteor get involved in other civic and political activitiesin some communities than in others? Why We Vote demonstrates that our communities shape our civic and political engagement, and that schools are especially significant communities for fostering strong civic norms. Much of the research on political participation has found that levels of participation are higher in diverse communities where issues important to voters are hotly contested. In this well-argued book, David Campbell finds support for this view, but also shows that homogenous communities often have very high levels of civic participation despite a lack of political conflict. Campbell maintains that this sense of civic duty springs not only from ones current social environment, but also from ones early influences. The degree to which people feel a sense of civic obligation stems, in part, from their adolescent experience. Being raised and thus socialized in a community with strong civic norms leads people to be civically engaged in adulthood. Campbell demonstrates how the civic norms within ones high school impact individuals civic involvementeven a decade and a half after those individuals have graduated. Efforts within Americas high schools to enhance young peoples sense of civic responsibility could have a participatory payoff in years to come, the book concludes thus schools would do well to focus more attention on building civic norms among their students.
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