From the Ground Up: Investigating the Linkages Between Community Socioeconomic Status and Individual Political Participation

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Brief Overview

This paper examines how community-level factors, particularly the socioeconomic status of one's community—measured by indicators such as income, health, and education—affect an individual's level of political participation.

Author

• Rachel Way, Simon Fraser University