Political behavior like any other aspect of human behavior takes place in a particular socio-economic and cultural milieu. The author in his study establishes that only certain socio-economic factors have effect on voting turnout of the voters in spite of the overall high voting participation. The correlation between political participation and several aspects of socio-economic status differ relatively in terms of culture, space, time, individuals and of political context.

This book highlights that political participation depends not only on the personal attributes of electors themselves, but also on properties of their social and cultural environments. Political Participation and Political Artitude: A Study of Mokokchung District is a book for wide description from representative democratic generalizations to the traditional political contexts. This will make an expansive contribution to the academic discourse and to the citizens towards understanding the patterns and extent of political participation and attitude in the modern democratic process which is interestingly embedded in a predominantly traditional social structure.

E. BENRITHUNG PATTON is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science, Fazl All College (Nagaland University), Mokokchung: Nagaland. Dr. Patton received his Master’s and Ph.D. from Nagaland University. The author has participated and presented research papers in national and international seminars/conferences. His study area of interests are Comparative Studies on Local Government and Politics, Elections, Public Opinion and Voting Behaviour, Public Policy and Administration. The current book is an intensive research work for the award of Ph.D. in “Political Participation and Political Attitude: A Study of Mokokchung District”. In 2018 the International Political Science Association [IPSA] selected his doctoral paper and he gave an oral presentation during the 25 World Congress of Political Science which was held in Brisbane, Australia from 21-25 July 2018. He is a Member of the IPSA and Naga Scholars’ Association (NSA). He recently published two books (2021): A Study Guide on Issues in World Politics’ and ‘A Study Guide on Local Self-Government in India.