The Oxford Handbook of Political Participation (Oxford Handbooks)

"The Oxford Handbook of Political Participation provides readers with up-to-date knowledge on the wide-ranging topics covered in this field and considers the key theoretical and methodological pluralism in the area as well the most recent developments. One of the aims of this Handbook is to bring together two research traditions from political science and sociology, bridging research in political sociology and social movement studies. Accordingly, the Handbook mainly brings together authors coming from both the politics and sociology research traditions, as well as key authors working on political participation coming also from other fields such as psychology, economics, anthropology, and geography. The volume provides the first comprehensive, up-to-date treatment of political participation in all of its varied expression; it covers a wide range of topics relating to the study of political participation, both from a theoretical and methodological perspective; it brings together the political science and political sociology tradition, on the one hand, and the social movement sociological tradition, on the other; it is sensitive to theoretical and methodological pluralism as well as the most recent developments in the field; and includes discussions combining perspectives that have traditionally been treated separately in the literature as well as discussions of current trends and future directions for research in this field"-- Provided by publisher Cover The Oxford Handbook of Political Participation Copyright Dedication Contents Acknowledgments List of Figures List of Tables List of Contributors 1. The Study of Political Participation Across Research Traditions PART I POLITICAL PARTICIPATION ACROSS DISCIPLINES 2. Political Science and Political Participation 3. Sociology and Political Participation 4. Psychology and Political Participation 5. Economics and Political Participation 6. Anthropology and Political Participation 7. Geography and Political Participation PART II CORE THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVEs 8. Rational Choice Theory and Political Participation 9. Political Psychology and Political Participation 10. Social Psychology and Political Participation 11. Relational Approaches to the Study of Political Participation 12. Marxist Approaches to the Study of Political Participation 13. Bridging Rationalist, Structuralist, and Culturalist Approaches to the Study of Political Participation PART III METHODOLOGICAL APPROACHES 14. Survey Data and Methods for the Study of Political Participation 15. Experimental Approaches to the Study of Political Participation 16. Ethnographic Approaches to the Study of Political Participation 17. Life Histories Interviews for the Study of Political Participation 18. Big Data and the Study of Political Participation 19. Visual Analysis and the Study of Political Participation 20. Participatory Action Research and the Study of Political Participation 21. Bridging Qualitative and Quantitative Approaches in the Study of Political Participation PART IV MODES OF PARTICIPATION 22. Linking Electoral and Partisan Participation 23. Civic Engagement 24. Protest Participation 25. Political Consumerism and Lifestyle Activism 26. Online Political Participation 27. Bridging Electoral and Nonelectoral Political Participation PART V CONTEXTS 28. Social and Political Cleavages and Political Participation 29. Institutional Context and Political Participation 30. Political Participation Across Cultures 31. Political Participation and the Economy PART VI DETERMINANTS 32. Age, Generation, and Political Participation 33. Gender and Political Participation 34. Class and Educational Inequality in Electoral Participation 35. Race, Ethnicity, and Political Participation 36. Personality, Motives, and Political Participation 37. Political Values and Political Participation 38. Identity, Emotions, and Political Participation 39. Bridging Cognitive and Affective Explanations of Political Participation PART VII PROCESSES 40. Political Socialization and Political Participation 41. Mobilization and Political Participation 42. Intersectionality and Political Participation 43. Political Disengagement 44. Costly Abstention PART VIII OUTCOMES 45. Macro-​Level Effects of Political Participation 46. Micro-​Level Effects of Political Participation 47. The Effectiveness of Different Forms of Political Participation Index The Oxford Handbook of Political Participation provides the first comprehensive, up-to-date treatment of political participation in all its varied forms, investigates a wide range of topics in the field from both a theoretical and methodological perspective, and covers the most recent developments in the area. It brings together research traditions from political science and sociology, bridging the gap in particular between political sociology and social movement studies; contributions also draw on crucial work in psychology, economics, anthropology, and geography. Following a detailed introduction from the editors, the volume is divided into nine parts that explore political participation across disciplines; core theoretical perspectives; methodological approaches; modes of participation; contexts; determinants; processes; outcomes; and current trends and future directions. The book will be a valuable reference work for anyone interested in understanding political participation and related themes.