I. The growth and defense of popular government in America. 1. An approach to the study of political life. 2. The historical background : how americans won the franchise and the use they made of it. 3. The argument over popular government and the social conditions of the rise of democracy. II. The political expression of the american public. 4. Who takes part in elections and what do they do? 5. Who tries to influence public officials and how do they do it? 6. Political discussion : who listens to what? Who talks to whom? III. Political man. 7. Why is the study of human nature important for the study of electoral behavior? 8. What conscios needs are served by participation in political life? 9. How are unconscious needs expressed in politics? 10. How emotions in expressed in political life? 11. "Strength", happiness, and morality in politics. 12. Political man and his social attitudes. IV. The group life of political man. 13. How social structure affects political life. 14. Group influences on political participation. 15. Family, sex, and age in political life. 16. Why lower-status people participate less than upper-status people? 17. The way of the ethnic in politics. 18. The political community. V. The effect of social institutions on political life. 19. Mass media and mass politics. 20. How political institutions affect electoral activity. 21. How economic life affects political life. 22. Popular participation in government : how much? What kinds? By whom?