Democracy and Disenfranchisement

Psychologists, political scientists, and experts in election lawpresent a multidisciplinary perspective on voting. Personality characteristics such as motivation, values, andefficacy are considered, as are demographic variables such aseducation, age, and social class Examines the reciprocal relationship that exists in thefunctions of voting for individual and society: the interplaybetween persons and institutions gives rise to the perception thata government is or is not legitimate, and to the sense that anindividual does, or does not, belong