Group Membership and the Mobilization of Political Participation
- 1 May 1996
- journal article
- research article
- Published by University of Chicago Press in The Journal of Politics
- Vol. 58 (2) , 447-463
- https://doi.org/10.2307/2960234
Abstract
This article addresses two questions relating to how groups mobilize members to participate in politics. First, does group mobilization result from the intentional efforts of group leaders or inste...This publication has 18 references indexed in Scilit:
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