Measuring Political Interest: Unidimensional or Multidimensional

• In Event: Civic Values and Interest

Brief Overview

This paper asserts that political interest is multidimensional that are related to other motivations, such as rationality , taste, and social network. Based on our new measurements, we compare our findings to concepts such as knowledge and others.

Authors

• Scott D. McClurg, Southern Illinois University-Carbondale

• Joanne M. Miller, University of Delaware

• David Peterson, Iowa State University

• Steven M. Richardson, Southern Illinois University - Carbondale

• Kyle L. Saunders, Colorado State University-Fort Collins