PSC 436 Chapter 3: 9-11 - Dalton Chapter 3

• School: University at Buffalo
• Department: Political Science
• Course: PSC 436
• Professor: Kapfer Patience

Document Summary

In many democracies, turnout is trending downwards despite factors like increased education and increased wealth. In fact, people are just turning away from traditional means of participation and becoming more active in new ways. Voting is not the most effective way to participate politically. Voting in one type may be more likely to also do another type than the other four types. Clusters of democratic activity: different types often are related--people who participate. Depends on: effort required, amount of cooperation with others, conflict required, Different kinds of political participation are not created equal and amount of pressure and information involved. Over time, democracies always expand their voting rights longer than the u. s. due to lack of populist tradition. Often initially restricted to property-owners, but expanded--w. europe took much. 20th century saw women and racial minority given suffrage, and although almost everyone over 18 can vote, countries still see variation in turnout.