Voice and equality : civic voluntarism in American politics / Sidney Verba, Kay Lehman Schlozman, Henry E. Brady.

1. Introduction -- 2. Defining Political Participation -- 3. Political Participation: How Much? About What? -- 4. Interpreting Political Activity: A Report from Activists -- 5. Recruiting Political Activists -- 6. Thinking about Participatory Representation -- 7. Who Participates? Economic Circumstances and Needs -- 8. Who Participates? Race, Ethnicity, and Gender -- 9. Explaining Participation: Introductory Considerations -- 10. Resources for Politics: Time and Money -- 11. Resources for Politics: Civic Skills -- 12. Resources, Engagement, and Political Activity -- 13. Institutions and Recruitment -- 14. Participation and the Politics of Issue Engagement -- 15. From Generation to Generation: The Roots of Participatory Factors -- 16. The Participatory Process and the Sources of Representational Distortion -- 17. Conclusion: Voice and Equality in Democratic Participation -- App. A. Citizen Participation Sample -- App. B. Questions and Variables -- App. C. Measuring Representation and Distortion -- App. D. Specification of the Civic Voluntarism Model -- App. E. Measuring the Amount of Activity

Includes bibliographical references and index.