Examining the role of ideological and political education on university students' civic perceptions and civic participation in Mainland China: Some hints from contemporary citizenship theory [PDF]
, 2016 A long existing compulsive curriculum of ideological and political education is employed by the Chinese government to promote citizenship education among Chinese university students.
Fagan, Catherine, Zhang, Chong
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Age-group identity and political participation
Research & Politics, 2023 In many ways, American democracy seems to work better for older citizens than younger citizens, and one explanation is that young adults vote at much lower rates than their older counterparts.
Samuel Trachtman +2 more
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SAGE Open, 2019 Over the last decade, extensive literature has been published regarding social media effects on real-life political participation. Many argue that social media stimulates online and offline political participation.
Taufiq Ahmad, Aima Alvi, M. Ittefaq
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Depression and Political Participation* [PDF]
Social Science Quarterly, 2015 ObjectiveI hypothesize that individuals with depression lack the motivation and physical capacity required to participate in politics due to somatic problems and feelings of hopelessness and apathy. Furthermore, I hypothesize that depression in adolescence can have negative downstream consequences for participation in young adulthood.MethodUsing the ...
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Social Media Content Preferences and Political Participation among Nigerian Youths
Romanian Journal of Communications and Public Relations, 2022 This study examines the influence of social media content preferences on political participation in Nigeria’s relatively nascent democracy. Due to mixed conclusions on the influence of news and entertainment preferences on political participation, we ...
Mande Ande Mande +4 more
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The effect of new technologies on civic participation models [PDF]
, 2018 The development of new technologies will enable decentralization and freedom of communication for large numbers of people, by overcoming the barriers that once rendered direct participation of society unfeasible.
Holubiak, Nataliia
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How to Close the Gender Gap in Political Participation: Lessons from Matrilineal Societies in Africa
British Journal of Political Science, 2019 While gender gaps in political participation are pervasive, especially in developing countries, this study provides systematic evidence of one cultural practice that closes this gap. Using data from across Africa, this article shows that matrilineality –
A. Robinson, J. Gottlieb
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A Meta-Analysis of the Effects of Cross-Cutting Exposure on Political Participation
Political Communication, 2019 Scholars have advanced many theoretical explanations for expecting a negative or positive relationship between individuals’ cross-cutting exposure—either through interpersonal or mediated forms of communication—and their political participation. However,
Jörg Matthes +4 more
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A note on measuring political participation in comparative research [PDF]
, 1986 This article presents an application of Prezeworski and Teune's so-called “identity-equivalence method” to a large set of indicators of political participation.
Deth, Jan W. van
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Municipality size, political efficacy and political participation: a systematic review
Local Government Studies, 2019 It is an old adage that local government is a training ground for democracy. Its human scale means that political amateurs can contribute effectively and meaningfully to the politics of a state.
J. McDonnell
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