Table Of ContentTHE OXFORD HANDBOOK OF
POLITICAL
PARTICIPATION
Advance Praise for The Oxford
Handbook of Political Participation
‘This volume creates an interdisciplinary and multi- method portrait of the study of
political participation. The conversations this volume enables will shape the study of
political participation for decades to come.’
Nancy Burns, Warren E. Miller Collegiate Professor and
Chair of Political Science, University of Michigan
‘Just fabulous, massively useful and exactly what we need. This is utterly comprehen-
sive and certainly no less authoritative. A major reference point and an extremely reli-
able and useful guide to this massively important body of literature.’
Colin Hay, Professor of Political
Sciences, Sciences Po, Paris
‘This Handbook is a “must read” for scholars of political participation. Fully under-
standing the multiple dimensions of political participation requires us to cross dis-
ciplinary and methodological boundaries, and this volume provides us a perfect
roadmap for doing just that. The chapters are beautifully curated and they promise
to help scholars to understand the foundation of democracy—political participation.
This interdisciplinary tour de force will not disappoint.’
Sarah A. Soule, Morgridge Professor of Organizational
Behavior, Stanford Graduate School of Business
‘The continuously broadening spring tide of political action around the world
is studied differently in different disciplines with different aims, approaches,
methodologies, and instruments. The unusually comprehensive set of 52 contributions
to this Handbook depicts the many merits of participation thoroughly while building
bridges and avoiding parochialism. Essential and mandatory reading for everyone in-
terested in democracy and citizenship.’
Jan W. van Deth, Professor Emeritus,
University of Mannheim
‘The first edition of The Oxford Handbook of Political Participation boasts a remark-
able line- up of first-r ate scholars. Because democratic politics is simply unthink-
able without it, political participation has become one of the core phenomena social
scientists study. The field being fragmented across disciplines and approaches, this
volume contains an heroic effort and presents a systematic and well-o rganized over-
view in highly informative chapters.’
Stefaan Walgrave, Full Professor of
Political Science, University of Antwerp
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POLITICAL
PARTICIPATION
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MARCO GIUGNI
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MARIA GRASSO
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Contents
Acknowledgments xiii
List of Figures xv
List of Tables xix
List of Contributors xxi
1. The Study of Political Participation Across Research Traditions 1
Marco Giugni and Maria Grasso
PART I POLITICAL PARTICIPATION
ACROSS DISCIPLINES
2. Political Science and Political Participation 25
Kay Lehman Schlozman and Henry E. Brady
3. Sociology and Political Participation 45
Nonna Mayer
4. Psychology and Political Participation 63
Lauren E. Duncan
5. Economics and Political Participation 83
Ruth Dassonneville, Fernando Feitosa, and
Michael S. Lewis- Beck
6. A nthropology and Political Participation 101
Julia M. Eckert
7. G eography and Political Participation 116
Charles J. Pattie
PART II CORE THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES
8. R ational Choice Theory and Political Participation 135
Paul F. Whiteley
9. P olitical Psychology and Political Participation 152
Emma A. Renström and Hanna Bäck
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10. S ocial Psychology and Political Participation 167
Bert Klandermans and Jacquelien van Stekelenburg
11. R elational Approaches to the Study of Political Participation 183
Mario Diani
12. M arxist Approaches to the Study of Political Participation 199
Laurence Cox and Alf G. Nilsen
13. B ridging Rationalist, Structuralist, and Culturalist Approaches
to the Study of Political Participation 216
Marc Hooghe
PART III METHODOLOGICAL
APPROACHES
14. S urvey Data and Methods for the Study of Political Participation 233
Eva Anduiza and Raül Tormos
15. E xperimental Approaches to the Study of Political Participation 250
Eline A. de Rooij and Jessica E. M. Burch
16. E thnographic Approaches to the Study of Political Participation 267
Arnab Chakraborty and Paul Lichterman
17. L ife Histories Interviews for the Study of Political Participation 284
Lorenzo Bosi
18. B ig Data and the Study of Political Participation 298
Elena Pavan
19. V isual Analysis and the Study of Political Participation 314
Noa Milman and Nicole Doerr
20. Participatory Action Research and the Study of
Political Participation 329
Marcelle C. Dawson
21. B ridging Qualitative and Quantitative Approaches in the Study of
Political Participation 344
Ana I. Nunes and Matt Henn
Contents ix
PART IV MODES OF PARTICIPATION
22. L inking Electoral and Partisan Participation 363
Mark N. Franklin
23. C ivic Engagement 381
Joakim Ekman and Erik Amnå
2 4. P rotest Participation 396
Marco Giugni and Maria Grasso
25. P olitical Consumerism and Lifestyle Activism 417
Jasmine Lorenzini and Francesca Forno
2 6. O nline Political Participation 435
Jennifer Earl and Kate Kenski
27. B ridging Electoral and Nonelectoral Political Participation 451
Endre Borbáth and Swen Hutter
PART V CONTEXTS
28. Social and Political Cleavages and Political Participation 471
Martin Dolezal
29. Institutional Context and Political Participation 489
Manlio Cinalli
30. Political Participation Across Cultures 505
Franziska Deutsch
31. P olitical Participation and the Economy 523
Brayden G. King and Edward J. Carberry
PART VI DETERMINANTS
32. A ge, Generation, and Political Participation 545
Laura Serra and Kaat Smets
33. G ender and Political Participation 562
Camila Páez-B ernal and Miki Caul Kittilson
