Abstract
SFor the most complete discussion of this question, see Robert E. Lane, Life: Why People Get Involved in Politics (Glencoe: Free Press, 1959). For an excellent systematic treatment of recent hypotheses on this subject, see Lester W. Milbrath, Participation (Chicago: Rand McNally, 1965). * See the following reviews and the references therein: Wendell Bell, Richard J. Hill, and Charles R. Wright, Public Leadership (San Francisco: Chandler, 1961); Charles Press, Main Street Politics: Policy Making at the Local Level [A Survey of the Periodical Literature since 1950] (East Lansing: Institute for Community Development, Michigan State U., 1962) ; Nelson W. Polsby, Community Power and Theory (New Haven: Yale U. Press, 1963); Robert Presthus, Men at the Top (New York: Oxford U. Press, 1964); Lawrence J. R. Herson, In the Footsteps of Community Power, APSR, 55 (December 1961), 817-30. a Exceptions to this are: Robert E. Agger and Vincent Ostrom, Political Participation in a Small Community, in Heinz Eulau, Samuel J. Eldersveld, and Morris Janowkitz (eds.), Behavior: A Reader in Theory and Research (Glencoe: Free Press, 1956), pp. 138-48; Julian L. Woodward and Elmo Roper, Political Activity of American Citizens, APSR, 44 (December 1950), 872-85; V. O. Key, Jr., Public Opinion and American Democracy (New York: Knopf, 1961) ; and various voting studies William Erbe, Social Involvement and Activity: A Replication and Elaboration, American Sociological Review, 29 (April 1964), 198-215 and the reference therein; and Yasumasa Kuroda, Political Role Attributions and Dynamics in a Japanese Community, Public Opinion Quarterly, 29 (Winter 1965-66), 602-13.
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