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Politics, Labour and Participation

1999
Between the outbreak of the French Revolution in 1789 and the creation of the Irish Free State in 1922, a bewildering array of social and political movements drew support from the Irish in Britain.1 Indeed, the number and range of indigenous and Irish organisations that at various times reached out to the Irish suggests that the migrants’ often-cited ...
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The Instruments of Political Participation

1974
This 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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The politics of participation

Critical Social Policy, 1992
Suzy Croft, Peter Beresford
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What Is Political Participation?

2016
Vibrant 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

2007
Ethics 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.
Janet Newman, Marian Barnes, Helen Sullivan   +2 more
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Local Political Participation

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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Political Consumerism as Political Participation?

2011
Political 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

1993
Four 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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Beyond SES: A Resource Model of Political Participation

American Political Science Review, 1995
Henry E. Brady, S. Verba, K. Schlozman
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What Makes a Good Neighbor? Race, Place, and Norms of Political Participation

American Political Science Review, 2018
Allison P. Anoll
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