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CONTENT of the section:
Political participation
(1) Definition & measurement
(2) Examples & development over time
(3) Who participates & why is political
participation important?
What to read?
- Hague & Harrop (chap. 9)
- Dalton (chap. 3-4, 10)
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ELECTORAL NON-ELECTORAL
LEGAL ILLEGAL
CONVENTIONAL NON-conventional
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Unconventional participation
Protest = the act of challenging, resisting,
or making demands upon authorities,
power holders, and/or cultural beliefs and
practices by some individual or group
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Electoral participation:
one person, one vote
Electoral
turnout in
old and
new
democracies
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Participation in non-electoral
forms of political actions
Source:
September
27, 2004.
REUTERS/
Anton
Meres
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Source: AP Photo/John
Giles, PA
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Year
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Source:
Tolbert &
Mcneal 2003,
Unraveling
the Effects of
the Internet
on Political
Participation?
, Political
Research
Quarterly
Vol. 56
pp.175-185
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- Socio-psychological argument or
relative deprivation theory (Ted Gurr)
- Structural argument or bring the state
back in (Theda Skocpol)
- Resource mobilisation
- Political opportunities
- Self-expression and identity
To be a good citizens, it is
important to ...
% VOTE PARTICIPATE
IN POLITCS
Sweden 89 23
France 86 12
Portugal 73 45
Czech Republic 60 14
Source: European Social Survey (2001), see
www.europeansocialsurvey.org
Why to vote?
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VOTING:
- high turnout vs. free and fair elections
- information & knowledge
PROTESTING:
- instability, specific group interests
- non-democratic message
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Conclusion
Political participation refers to a wide range
of actions that are aimed to affect
political outcomes
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