6. The Persistence of Unequal Voice

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. List of Figures ix
4. List of Tables xiii
5. Preface xvii
6. Acknowledgments xxv
7. 1. Introduction: Democracy and Political Voice 1
8. Part I. Th inking about Inequality and Political Voice
9. 2. The (Ambivalent) Tradition of Equality in America 31
10. 3. The Context: Growing Economic Inequality and Weakening Unions 69
11. 4. Equal Voice and the Dilemmas of Democracy 96
12. 5. Does Unequal Political Voice Matter? 117
13. 6. The Persistence of Unequal Voice 147
14. 7. Unequal at the Starting Line: The Intergenerational Persistence of Political Inequality 177
15. 8. Political Participation over the Life Cycle 199
16. 9. Political Activism and Electoral Democracy: Perspectives on Economic Inequality and Political Polarization 232
17. Part III. Inequality of Political Voice and Organized Interest Activity
18. 10. Political Voice through Organized Interests: Introductory Matters 265
19. 11. Who Sings in the Heavenly Chorus? The Shape of the Organized Interest System 312
20. 12. The Changing Pressure Community 347
21. 13. Beyond Organizational Categories 370
22. 14. Political Voice through Organized Interest Activity 393
23. Part IV. Can We Change the Accent of the Unheavenly Chorus?
24. 15. Breaking the Pattern through Political Recruitment 447
25. 16. Weapon of the Strong? Participatory Inequality and the Internet 483
26. 17. What, if Anything, Is to Be Done? 534
27. 18. Conclusion: Equal Voice and the Promise of American Democracy 574
28. Appendixes
29. Appendix A: Equality and the State and U.S. Constitutions 605
30. Appendix B: The Persistence of Political and Nonpolitical Activity 608
31. Appendix C: The Intergenerational Transmission of Political Participation 616
32. Appendix D: Age, Period, and Cohort Effects 619
33. Appendix E: The Washington Representatives Database 621
34. Appendix F: Additional Tables 645
35. Appendix G: Do Online and Offline Political Activists Differ from One Another? 649
36. Index 655