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The research involved a series of linked surveys designed to examine the state of mass political participation in Britain. Data were collected from a national survey, a series of six community studies and within the community studies, surveys of elites. The latter are not included with this dataset, however.

Main Topics:

Variables Voting, contacting, party campaigning, collective action, political protest, issue-based political participation; political values, resources, groups, issue agendas, perceptions of national policies, political efficacy/cynicism.

Multi-stage stratified random sample

2 stage

Face-to-face interview