New Advances in the Study of Civic Voluntarism: Resources, Engagement, and Recruitment

by Casey Klofstad (Editor)

Overview

Individuals who are civically active have three things in common: they have the capacity to do so, they want to, and they have been asked to participate. New Advances in the Study of Civic Voluntarism is dedicated to examining the continued influence of these factors—resources, engagement, and recruitment—on civic participation in the twenty-first century. 

The contributors to this volume examine recent social, political, technological, and intellectual changes to provide the newest research in the field. Topics range from race and religion to youth in the digital age, to illustrate the continued importance of understanding the role of the everyday citizen in a democratic society. 

Contributors include:Molly Andolina, Allison P. Anoll, Leticia Bode, Henry E. Brady, Traci Burch, Barry C. Burden, Andrea Louise Campbell, David E. Campbell, Sara Chatfield, Stephanie Edgerly, Zoltán Fazekas, Lisa García Bedoll, Peter K. Hatemi, John Henderson, Krista Jenkins, Yanna Krupnikov, Adam Seth Levine, Melissa R. Michelson, S. Karthick Ramakrishnan, Dinorah Sánchez Loza, Kay Lehman Schlozman, Dhavan Shāh, Sono Shāh, Kjerstin Thorson, Sidney Verba, Logan Vidal, Emily Vraga, Chris Wells, JungHwan Yang, and the editor.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781439913253
Publisher:	Temple University Press
Publication date:	09/28/2016
Series:	Social Logic of Politics
Edition description:	1
Pages:	294
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

Casey A. Klofstad is an Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Miami and the author of Civic Talk: Peers, Politics, and the Future of Democracy (Temple).

Table of Contents

Preface vii

Acknowledgments ix

1 Introduction: Resources, Engagement, and Recruitment Casey A. Klofstad 1

Part I Race and Religion

2 Voice, Equality, and Latino Civic Engagement Lisa García Bedolla Dinorah Sánchez Loza 25

3 Latinos, Asian Americans, and the Voluntarism/Voting Gap S. Karthick Ramakrishnan Sono Shah 39

4 Doing the Lord's Work: How Religious Congregations Build Civic Skills David E. Campbell 54

Part II Political Institutions and Public Policy

5 How Resources, Engagement, and Recruitment Are Shaped by Election Rules Barry C. Burden Logan Vidal 77

6 Political Participation and the Criminal Justice System Traci Burch 95

7 Social Policy and Civic Participation Andrea Louise Campbell 111

Part III Youth Civic Engagement in the Digital Age

8 Political Engagement within Parent-Child Dyads: Rethinking the Transmission Model of Socialization in Digital Media Environments Leticia Bode Emily K. Vraga JungHwan Yang Stephanie Edgerly Kjerstin Tharson Dhavan V. Shah Chris Wells 127

9 From Motivation to Action: Connecting Students' Political Behavior to the Rationale for Engagement Krista Jenkins Molly W. Andolina 145

Part IV New Theories and Methods of Inquiry

10 Revisiting Recruitment: Insights from Get-Out-the-Vote Field Experiments Allison P. Anoll Melissa R. Michelson 165

11 Physical about Participation Yanna Krupnikov Adam Seth Levine 179

12 Individual Differences Exist in Individual Characteristics: The Role of Disposition in Voice and Equality Zoltán Fazekas Peter K. Hatemi 196

13 Untangling the Education Effect: Moving Educational Interventions into the Experimental Frontier Sara Chatfield John Henderson 225

14 Conclusion: Why Did We Do It That Way Then? What Might We Do Differently Now? Henry E. Brady Kay Lehman Schlozman Sidney Verba 250

Contributors 273

Index 277