Abstract
This study examined the participatory behavior of the individuals in the political system
focusing on their socio economic resource level (SERL). Three categories based on education
and income were identified as high, middle, and low SERL referring to their respective
education and income level accordingly. Drawing from theories of public sphere and
deliberative democracy it was premised that individual belonging to high SERL would likely
to consume more of news media and more involved in political talk therefore tend to
participate more in the political activities. It was found out that indeed high SERL group,
consumes more news media, is more engaged in political conversations and political
participation but the difference is not impressionable. They were found to engaged more in
passive kind of participatory activities rather than active or pro active kinds.
Ifra Mushtaq, Muhammad Abiodullah, Rafaqat Ali Akber. (2011) Political Participation of the Educated in Pakistan, Journal of Elementary Education, Volume-21, Issue-1.
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