MASS POLITICAL PARTICIPATION IN THE U.S. AND THE U.S.S.R. A CONCEPTUAL ANALYSIS
In: Comparative politics, Band 8, Heft 4, S. 437-460
ISSN: 0010-4159
THE PRINCIPAL CONCERN OF THIS STUDY IS POLITICAL PARTICIPATION BY INDIVIDUAL CITIZINS, RATHER THAN BY PROFESSIONAL POLITICAL ELITES OR INTEREST GROUPS. THE FOCUS IS PLACED ON THE AVERAGE CITIZEN IN EACH NATION. THIS ANALYSIS OF MASS POLITICAL PARTICIPATION INVOLVES THREE MAJOR ASPECTS: TYPES OF POLITICAL ACTIVITIES, THE CONDITONS UNDER WHICH THESE ACTIVITIES TAKE PLACE, AND THEIR SIGNIFICANCE AS A WHOLE.