| Sumario: | The article analyzes effects of social class identification on political role behaviour. Social class has long been recognized as a significant factor in political behavior. The way in which participants in the political process experience the class, makes a significant difference in their political behavior. As per the author, for the study, data was collected from a national area probability sample survey, both prior to and after the 1952 presidential election by the Survey Research Center, University of Michigan. Existence of differences was observed between attitudinal and role manifestations of political behavior. It is suggested by many studies of voting behavior that political participation and other facets of the citizen role are a function of people's socio-economic status. As inter-action is limited by objective class position, identification is more likely to be effective in connection with attitudinal than with role or functional dimensions of political behavior. Finally, it is stated that identification in terms of attitudes and identification in terms of role are interdependent ideal-type poles of an identification continuum. These both operate simultaneously showing more or less effect on particular aspects of political behavior.
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