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Psycho-Political Correlates of Political Efficacy

Journal of Black Studies, 2003
The sense of political efficacy is a primary orientation and an important component in studies of individual attitude sets, and it has been regarded almost exclusively as an explaining variable, rather than an explained variable. By using panel survey data of the 1994 New Orleans mayoral election, this study examined the association between political ...
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The Effects of Majoring in Political Science on Political Efficacy

Journal of Political Science Education, 2016
ABSTRACTThis study tests, and finds support, for the hypotheses that a student who majors in political science will have stronger feelings of political competence and will be more willing to engage in hypothetical political actions than two peer groups: (a) those who major in other fields and (b) those who show an interest in politics but have not ...
Casey B. K. Dominguez, Keith W. Smith, J. Michael Williams   +2 more
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The effects of political participation on political efficacy: A simultaneous equations model

Australian Journal of Political Science, 1992
The absence of studies investigating the influence of political participation on individuals' perceptions of political efficacy constitutes a significant gap in our knowledge of political behaviour. While many researchers have investigated the influence of efficacy on political participation, and there has been some endeavour to examine the reciprocity
Stenner-Day K., Fischle M.
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News Consumption, Political Knowledge and Political Efficacy

2017
This survey was originally undertaken as part of an eleven-nation study of media and citizenship entitled Media System, Political Culture and Informed Citizenship: A Comparative Study. Approximately two-thirds of the questions asked were part of larger study, while the remaining one-third (approximately) applied only to Australia.
Tiffen, Rodney, Coen, Sharon, Rowe, David (R11483), Curran, James   +3 more
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Efficacy, Mistrust, and Political Mobilization

Comparative Political Studies, 1983
Using data from the eight-nation Political Action opinion survey undertaken during the mid-1970s, this article tests the mistrustful-efficacious hypothesis outlined by William Gamson—the idea that a combination of high political efficacy and low political trust is the optimum combination for political mobilization.
LEE SIGELMAN, STANLEY FELDMAN
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Political Efficacy and Trust

1998
AbstractIn public opinion research, only meagre attention has been given to the impact of value orientations on public confidence and trust in the efficacy of the political system. Whereas the implications of materialist and post‐materialist orientations have been studied extensively, the impact of value orientations (such as religiosity, secularism ...
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Political Participation, Political Efficacy, and Socialization in Germany

Comparative Politics, 1973
Most recent discussions of the contemporary West German political system have emphasized the passive nature of individual involvement and participation in politics in that country. Lewis J. Edinger, for example, argues that the "quiescent subject" role is still quite pervasive in West Germany.
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The Political Efficacy of Prophetic Madness

Idealistic Studies, 2000
Etude de la relation possible entre l'imagination et la force/violence de la loi humaine, en reference a l'analyse de l'imagination prophetique developpee par Spinoza dans le «Tractacus theologico-politicus». L'A. met en evidence le lien entre l'histoire et la loi du peuple juif, d'une part, et l'approche spinoziste de l'imagination de Moise, d'autre ...
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Political Efficacy Kurzskala (PEKS)

2014
Die PEKS ist ein ökonomisches Instrument zur Erfassung politischer Kompetenz- und Einflusserwartungen im politischen Bereich. Die Validierungsuntersuchungen haben gezeigt, dass die PEKS eine reliable und valide Messung der internen und externen politischen Kompetenz- und Einflusserwartungen erlaubt.
Beierlein, C., Kemper, C. J., Kovaleva, A., Rammstedt, B.   +3 more
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Efficacy, Trust, and Political Behavior

American Politics Quarterly, 1979
Political efficacy and political trust are concepts which have become central to the study of political behavior, yet different studies continue to conceptualize and operationalize these variables in different ways. This study builds upon previous research in an attempt to clarify our understanding of the dimensions of political efficacy and their ...
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