SOC101Y1 Chapter Notes -Alexis De Tocqueville, Mancur Olson
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Citizen participation in politics- the variety of ways in which people try to exercise influence over the political process, and the channels through which citizens attempt to influence leaders. The first sociologist who identified the importance of citizen participation was alexis de. It stated that during the 19th century the united. States was the most democratic nation in the world. He identified american citizens (the people who could vote: adult, white, males) as the most socially, economically, and politically equal when compared to any other country at the time. His important contribution to sociology was the theory of associations which hinges on political participation. Theory of associations states that various social ills and maladies that accompany the growth of the division of labor in societies might be counteracted by the formation of associations developed on the basis of common occupational interests of individuals.
