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The social characteristics of individuals who voted in the 2000 US presidential election, explanations for the election's low voter turnout, the use of political profiling by political parties & other organizations, & the consequences of faulty election administration are investigated. Several social characteristics of voters deemed important for this election are identified including age, gender, marital status, party identification, & ideology. It is contended that poor political mobilization efforts can partially account for low voter turnout; strategies employed by major parties in previous presidential elections are then contrasted to those currently used. Specific attention is dedicated to examining the Republican National Committee's & the National Rifle Assoc's use of political profiling during the electoral campaign. After discussing voter activation efforts used in this election, various problems that emerged with the administration of election voting are highlighted. The need to make the process of accessing & casting one's ballot easier in future elections is stressed. J. W. Parker

Activists and scholars argue that the election and presence of Black mayors increase Black political engagement; however, later research suggests that this diminishes over time. Furthermore, a body of research suggests that homogenous racial contexts and contextual poverty decrease political participation. In this article, we ask one question: How does demographic context and length of Black mayoral tenure influence Black political participation? Using a national data set of Black respondents, we find that participation increases as cities become "Blacker." However, simultaneously we find diminishing returns to Black political empowerment, particularly compared with new Black empowerment contexts.

By virtue of their profession, social workers world over are nomadic; often deployed round the society to prevent as well as manage psycho-social problems. The deployments and redeployments can be both intra and international, depending on the organization they work for, and can take them away even during periods when they are expected to observe certain social and political responsibilities. This paper explores the situation of South Africa's female social workers in line with their political participation as they consider the principles of human rights and social justice to be fundamental to social work. Hypotheses are raised to address some questions: To what extent are South Africa's female social workers excluded from political participation? At what level of political participation are they most likely excluded? What are the implications of this exclusion on the political behaviour of the female social workers, as well as on the dimension of political development of South Africa, especially in this era of gender equality? Data gathered are quantitatively processed and subjected to theoretical analysis before being utilised for conclusions and recommendations.

By virtue of their profession, social workers world over are nomadic; often deployed round the society to prevent as well as manage psycho-social problems. The deployments and redeployments can be both intra and international, depending on the organization they work for, and can take them away even during periods when they are expected to observe certain social and political responsibilities. This paper explores the situation of South Africa's female social workers in line with their political participation as they consider the principles of human rights and social justice to be fundamental to social work. Hypotheses are raised to address some questions: To what extent are South Africa's female social workers excluded from political participation? At what level of political participation are they most likely excluded? What are the implications of this exclusion on the political behaviour of the female social workers, as well as on the dimension of political development of South Africa, especially in this era of gender equality? Data gathered are quantitatively processed and subjected to theoretical analysis before being utilised for conclusions and recommendations.

The importance of the political church in Black political participation has brought to the attention of scholars the differences among Black churches and their effect on Black mobilization. The Black church has on many occasions transformed itself into a politicized organization. These political churches become settings that encourage political knowledge and skills (Tate, 1993) and communicate political activity as a norm (Calhoun‐Brown, 1996). The earlier work on political churches has established the importance of these organizations for voter turnout and other forms of political participation. What has been left unexamined is the nature of the political churches themselves. This project disentangles these churches by looking at the heterogeneity within the structures of the political churches. In general, we seek to understand which of the internal activities of the political church tend to foster acts of political participation. We hypothesize that cost‐ underwriting activities and obligation‐creating activities within the church setting have the greatest impact on participation. By examining a robust and expansive operationalization of the political church construct, we find that these types of political church activities matter more than other activities. In specifying how churches may work to directly affect the participation of their members, we seek to expand the scope of general comprehension of political churches.

Updates earlier work through the 1985 presidential election and the 1986 municipal election. Results largely reinforce the hypotheses originally proposed for explaining the observed vacillating support for the left by low-income urban voters. (Abstract amended)

Review Essay of:– Social Movements and Leftist Governments in Latin America: Confrontation or co-optation?, edited by Gary Prevost, Carlos Oliva Campos and Harry E. Vanden, Zed Books, 2012. – Culturas políticas en la región andina, edited by Christian Buschges, Olaf Kaltmeier and Sebastian Thies, Iberoamericana, 2011.– La plasmación política de la diversidad: Autonomía y participación política indígena en América Latina, edited by Felipe Gómez Isa and Susana Ardanaz Iriarte, Universidad de Deusto, 2011.– Venezuela's Bolivarian Democracy: Participation, Politics, and Culture under Chávez, edited by David Smilde and Daniel Hellinger, Duke University Press, 2011.

Review Essay of:– Social Movements and Leftist Governments in Latin America: Confrontation or co-optation?, edited by Gary Prevost, Carlos Oliva Campos and Harry E. Vanden, Zed Books, 2012. – Culturas políticas en la región andina, edited by Christian Buschges, Olaf Kaltmeier and Sebastian Thies, Iberoamericana, 2011.– La plasmación política de la diversidad: Autonomía y participación política indígena en América Latina, edited by Felipe Gómez Isa and Susana Ardanaz Iriarte, Universidad de Deusto, 2011.– Venezuela's Bolivarian Democracy: Participation, Politics, and Culture under Chávez, edited by David Smilde and Daniel Hellinger, Duke University Press, 2011.