Participation

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Participation
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What are all of the ways you can participate in
politics?
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What do you need to do in order to vote?
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Probability of voting Benefit - Cost
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What resources do you need to have in order to
participate?

• Information
• Interest
• Time
• Money
• Civic Skills

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What is social capital?

• The norms and trust that develop from
  interpersonal social relationships
• A byproduct of other activities, not something
  created on its own

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Why the decline of social capital?
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What are ways we can build social capital?
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What does a healthy democracy really need?

• Can you have a healthy democracy with high levels
  of voter turnout but a weak social fabric?
• Can you have a healthy democracy with a strong
  social fabric and weak political participation?
• Which do you think has a bigger potential affect
  on the health of democracy, having an informed
  citizenry, or having close-knit communities?