Supporting Democracy: Political Participation and Political Attitudes. Exploring Causality using Panel Data

2014 ◽  
Vol 62 (1_suppl) ◽  
pp. 153-171 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ellen Quintelier ◽  
Jan W. Van Deth
Keyword(s):  
Panel Data ◽  
Political Participation ◽  
Political Attitudes

Mexican Movers and Shakers: Protest Mobilization and Political Attitudes in Mexico City

2018 ◽  
Vol 61 (1) ◽  
pp. 78-100
Author(s):  
María Inclán
Keyword(s):  
Civil Society ◽  
Political Participation ◽  
Mexico City ◽  
Political Attitudes ◽  
Organizational Networks

AbstractUsing an innovative survey of six major street demonstrations in Mexico City between 2011 and 2013, this study compares political attitudes of protest participants and nonparticipants. The analysis offers three relevant findings. The results suggest that in comparison to protest nonparticipants, demonstrators tend to be more politically involved and experienced individuals, mobilized through their personal and organizational networks. The intensity of these factors’ effects as protest participation predictors varied across demonstrations, showing that protest participation is triggered by different factors. And the diversity of mobilizing factors shows that protest participation in Mexico City is complex, and is a common form of political participation for the plural, mobilized civil society.

scholarly journals The Dark is Rising: Contrasting the Dark Triad and Light Triad on Measures of Political Ambition and Participation

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rolfe Daus Peterson ◽  
Carl L. Palmer
Keyword(s):  
Political Participation ◽  
Personality Traits ◽  
Political Behavior ◽  
Significant Relationship ◽  
Political Attitudes ◽  
Dark Triad ◽  
Personality Characteristics ◽  
Political Ambition ◽  
Growing Body

A growing body of research suggests a significant relationship between dark personality traits and political behavior. While the personality characteristics of Machiavellianism, narcissism, and psychopathy (labeled the Dark Triad) are associated with a range of political attitudes, research has not tested the Dark Triad in combination with the emerging use of the comparable Light Triad of personality. This paper sets up an exploration of the competing influences of light and dark personality traits on political participation and ambition. Our analyses corroborate that Dark Triad traits are significantly related to ambition and political participation. Consistent with prior research, the dark personality traits remain predominant. However, there are significant effects for some Light Triad traits as well. Our findings have implications for a deeper understanding of the mix of personality traits that drive political behavior and expand upon the normative discussion of who is, in fact, political.

Revisiting Bedrock Values: The Stability and Predictive Power of the Society Works Best Index

2017 ◽  
Vol 46 (2) ◽  
pp. 308-335 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michelle Torres ◽  
Steven S. Smith
Keyword(s):  
Measurement Error ◽  
Panel Data ◽  
Environmental Factors ◽  
Predictive Power ◽  
Environmental Changes ◽  
Political Attitudes ◽  
Political Interest ◽  
Empirical Application ◽  
The Stability

In their 2011 piece, Smith et al. argue that there is a set of fundamental or bedrock values that predict ideology and that are strongly influenced by genetics. These values are considered universal, stable, and less susceptible to environmental changes. Smith et al. propose a scale to measure such values: the Society Works Best Index (SWBI). This is an important contribution, but the SWBI requires further evaluation. Using novel panel data, we evaluate the measure, improve on the empirical application with a national panel, and suggest improvements in the scale. We find that the SWBI is no more stable than other measures of ideology and that the observed changes are attributed to measurement error and environmental factors. Furthermore, like many other political attitudes, its predictive power is mediated by levels of political interest.

scholarly journals The UK Citizenship Process: Political Integration or Marginalization?

Sociology ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 53 (4) ◽  
pp. 671-688 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Bartram
Keyword(s):  
Panel Data ◽  
Political Parties ◽  
Political Participation ◽  
Trade Unions ◽  
The Political ◽  
Political Integration ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Political Sphere ◽  
The Uk

The UK ‘citizenship process’ subjects immigrants to requirements ostensibly intended to enhance their identification with ‘British values’. Policy-makers suggest the policy will facilitate immigrants’ integration: as they learn about ‘life in the UK’, they will become better able to understand and navigate core institutions. Many external observers, by contrast, believe that the requirements exacerbate immigrants’ marginalization. I use panel data from ‘Understanding Society’ to investigate political participation among non-citizen immigrants at Wave 1, comparing those who became citizens by Wave 6 to those who remained non-citizens. Those who became citizens subsequently reported lower interest in politics, relative to those who remained non-citizens; in addition, they were not more likely to be active in organizations (e.g. political parties and trade unions). These findings reinforce the concerns of critics: the UK citizenship policy appears to do more to alienate new citizens than it does to facilitate their integration in the political sphere.

The genetics of political participation, civic duty, and political efficacy across cultures: Denmark and the United States

2012 ◽  
Vol 24 (3) ◽  
pp. 409-427 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert Klemmensen ◽  
Peter K Hatemi ◽  
Sara Binzer Hobolt ◽  
Inge Petersen ◽  
Axel Skytthe ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Political Participation ◽  
Political Attitudes ◽  
Twin Studies ◽  
The United States ◽  
Political Efficacy ◽  
Genetic Component ◽  
Cultural Contexts ◽  
Civic Duty ◽  
The Relationship

Recent studies have shown that variation in political attitudes and participation can be attributed to both genes and the environment. This finding raises the question of why genes matter to participation, and by which pathways. Two hypotheses suggest that feelings of civic duty and sense of political efficacy intermediate the relationship between genes and political participation and, thus, that these traits have a common heritable component. If so, how robust are the relationships across cultural contexts? Utilizing two new twin studies on political traits, one in Denmark and one in the United States, we show that the heritability of political participation and political efficacy is remarkably similar across cultures. Moreover, most of the covariation between efficacy and political participation is accounted for by a common underlying genetic component.

scholarly journals The relationship between political attitudes and political participation: Evidence from monozygotic twins in the United States, Sweden, Germany, and Denmark

2021 ◽  
Vol 69 ◽  
pp. 102269
Author(s):  
Aaron C. Weinschenk ◽  
Christopher T. Dawes ◽  
Sven Oskarsson ◽  
Robert Klemmensen ◽  
Asbjørn Sonne Nørgaard
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Political Participation ◽  
Political Attitudes ◽  
Monozygotic Twins ◽  
The United States ◽  
The Relationship
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