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The Instruments of Political Participation
1974This chapter examines the various activities in which utility-maximizing citizens can engage in an effort to reduce, or even to eliminate, the coercion (or the expected coercion) that is placed on them by the government’s supply of policies with public and non-private goods characteristics.1 The object of the chapter could also be defined as that of ...
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Lifestyle politics and the concept of political participation
Acta Politica, 2017Van Deth’s comprehensive ‘conceptual map of political participation’ has reinstated a lively debate about the concept of political participation, and provides some compelling solutions to it. However, an important question that has been raised is whether van Deth’s map actually achieves its main goal of unambiguously identifying and classifying ...
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What Is Political Participation?
2016Vibrant democracies are characterized by a continuous expansion of the available forms of participation. This expansion has confronted many researchers with the dilemma of using either a dated conceptualization of participation and excluding many new modes of political action or stretching their concept to cover almost everything. Many newer, “creative,
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Power, participation and political renewal
2007Ethics has been addressed in health care, but relatively little attention has been paid to the subject in the social care sector. This book redresses the balance by examining theory, research, policy and practice in both fields. The importance of this approach is reflected in the growing emphasis on ethical issues in research and practice.
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2013
This article explores local political participation, what it is, and how it differs from other forms of political engagement. The author covers theoretical explanations of local political participation and discusses gaps in the existing literature.
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This article explores local political participation, what it is, and how it differs from other forms of political engagement. The author covers theoretical explanations of local political participation and discusses gaps in the existing literature.
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Political Consumerism as Political Participation?
2011Political participation has traditionally been considered an important indicator of democratic citizenship: think voting or being knowledgeable about relevant issues. But in an environment of declining participation, particularly among youth (Miller & Shanks, 1996), new ideas about citizenship are emerging.
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Elections and the Politics of Participation
1993Four related problems are examined in this chapter: (1) Who has been able to vote and why? (2) Who votes and who abstains, and why? (3) How do Americans run for election and vote? (4) For whom do Americans vote?
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