Understanding Political Participation in Developing Countries: Addressing the Need for Better Conceptualization and Measurement

• In Event: Party Politics, Voters, and Political Participation in Africa

Brief Overview

This paper questions the longstanding reliance on behavior (voting, protesting, meeting) for understanding political participation. We provide a more comprehensive view of political participation, appropriate for the 21st Century.

Authors

• Elizabeth Anne Baldwin, University of Arizona

• Jennifer N Brass, Indiana University-Bloomington

• Christopher David Gore, Ryerson University

• Lauren M. MacLean, Indiana University-Bloomington

• Alesha Nicole Towers Porisky, Northern Illinois University