Ideological Extremism and Public Participation
Does aggregate ideological extremism reduce public participation? Does participation in governance processes fall when the social environment shifts to the extreme left or the extreme right of the political spectrum? Our main hypothesis is that the aggregate ideological orientation of the social environment constrains volunteerism in social regulatory programs. Copyright (c) 2006 by the Southwestern Social Science Association.
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2006
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Authors: | Whitford, Andrew B. ; Yates, Jeff ; Ochs, Holona L. |
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Social Science Quarterly. - Southwestern Social Science Association, ISSN 0038-4941. - Vol. 87.2006, 1, p. 36-54
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Southwestern Social Science Association |
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