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The Effect of Democratic Ideals on Political Participation: The Role of Political and Social Conceptualizations of Democracy

Oser, Jenny ; Hooghe, Marc

2023

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  • Título:
    The Effect of Democratic Ideals on Political Participation: The Role of Political and Social Conceptualizations of Democracy
  • Autor: Oser, Jenny ; Hooghe, Marc
  • Notas: Annual Meeting of the MPSA location:Chicago date:7 Apr - 10 Apr 2016
  • Descrição: Concerns about democratic legitimacy in contemporary advanced democracies have brought new urgency to the long-standing question of how citizens’ attitudes and ideals are related to their political (in)activity. In light of the economic downturn since 2008, an important topic of investigation is how citizens’ attitudes toward democracy relate to their patterns of political participation. While some authors have proposed that the choice to refrain from various kinds of political activity may be related to ‘healthy’ critiques of democracy, scarce data has been available to probe in-depth citizens’ conceptions of democracy at the cross-national level beyond basic measures of support or satisfaction. In this paper we join this debate by analyzing the relationship between citizens’ democratic ideals and political behavior in the European Social Survey’s 2012 uniquely extensive battery of questions on citizens’ conceptions of ideal democracy in 29 countries (n=54,673). Using latent class analysis, we identify two groups of citizens who emphasize different citizenship concepts as discussed in the seminal work of T.H. Marshall, namely the importance of a political rights conception of democracy, versus a social rights conception. In subsequent multilevel regression analyses, the findings indicate that the political ideals group is highly active in all types of political behavior, while the social ideals group is less active. This means that those who place a high priority on social rights provisions such as fighting income inequality and poverty are not raising their voice directly toward the political system. This might help to explain why the economic crisis apparently has not been associated with higher protest or participation levels. We discuss the implications of these findings in the context of the recent economic downturn and austerity measures in European countries. status: published
  • Data de criação/publicação: 2023
  • Idioma: Inglês
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