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Voice and Inequality: The Transformation of American Civic Democracy

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Theda Skocpol
Theda Skocpol
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Theda Skocpol is the Victor S. Thomas Professor of Government and Sociology and director of the Center for American Political Studies at Harvard University (tskocpol@latte.harvard.edu). Her scholarship currently focuses on U.S. public policies and on the development of voluntary associations and civic institutions in America and beyond.
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Perspectives on Politics , Volume 2 , Issue 1 , March 2004 , pp. 3 - 20
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