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The American Association for Public Opinion Research has selected Voice and Equality: Civic Voluntarism and American Politics, co-published by Moakley Professor of Political Science Kay L. Schlozman, for its 2012 book award.
AAOPR is, according to its website, “the leading association of public opinion and survey research professionals,” whose members are involved in a range of interests including election polling, market research, statistics, research methodology, health related data collection and education. Through its annual book award, the association “recognizes influential books that have stimulated our thinking about the substance and study of public opinion.”
Published in 1995 by Schlozman, Sidney Verba and Henry Brady, Voice and Equality examines citizen participation in the political process along a variety of social, economic and ethnic backgrounds, through a survey of 15,000 individuals, including 2,500 personal interviews. Voice and Equality received the American Political Science Association’s Philip Converse Award.
AAOPR will recognize Voice and Equality at its annual conference May 19 in Orlando.