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Self-Interest, Social Security, and the Distinctive Participation Patterns of Senior Citizens

The American political science review, 2002-09, Vol.96 (3), p.565-574 [Peer Reviewed Journal]

2002 by the American Political Science Association ;Copyright 2002 American Political Science Association ;Copyright Cambridge University Press, Publishing Division Sep 2002 ;ISSN: 0003-0554 ;EISSN: 1537-5943 ;DOI: 10.1017/S0003055402000333 ;CODEN: APORBP

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Title:
Self-Interest, Social Security, and the Distinctive Participation Patterns of Senior Citizens
Author: CAMPBELL, ANDREA LOUISE
Subjects: Aged ; Campaign contributions ; Citizen participation ; Elderly ; Elders ; Formal education ; Government employees ; Income ; Income mobility ; Labor unions ; Low income groups ; Lower Class ; Mobilization ; Old age ; Older adults ; Older people ; Participation ; Political activism ; Political behavior ; Political Participation ; Political parties ; Political science ; Political security ; Political socialization ; Politics ; Self interest ; Social activism ; Social Security ; Social Security benefits ; Taxation ; U.S.A ; United States of America ; Voting ; Writing
Is Part Of: The American political science review, 2002-09, Vol.96 (3), p.565-574
Description: Decades of participation research show that political activity increases with income, but the participation of senior citizens specifically with regard to Social Security poses an exception to this pattern. Social Security-oriented participation decreases as income rises, in part because lower-income seniors are more dependent on the program. The negative income-participation gradient is especially pronounced for letter writing about the program, but even Social Security-related voting and contributing are less common among higher-income seniors. This is an instance in which self-interest is highly influential: Those who are more dependent are more active. It is also an example of lower-class mobilization with regard to an economic issue, something quite unusual in the United States.
Publisher: New York, USA: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Identifier: ISSN: 0003-0554
EISSN: 1537-5943
DOI: 10.1017/S0003055402000333
CODEN: APORBP
Source: Alma/SFX Local Collection
ProQuest Central

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Self-Interest, Social Security, and the Distinctive Participation Patterns of Senior Citizens

2002 by the American Political Science Association ;Copyright 2002 American Political Science Association ;Copyright Cambridge University Press, Publishing Division Sep 2002 ;ISSN: 0003-0554 ;EISSN: 1537-5943 ;DOI: 10.1017/S0003055402000333 ;CODEN: APORBP

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