Civic engagement and political participation:

2017 ◽  
pp. 26-40
Keyword(s):  
Civic Engagement ◽  
Political Participation

IMAGINING A BETTER WORLD:

2018 ◽  
Vol 15 (02) ◽  
pp. 353-385
Author(s):  
Lakeyta M. Bonnette-Bailey ◽  
Ray Block ◽  
Harwood K. McClerking
Keyword(s):  
African Americans ◽  
Civic Engagement ◽  
Political Participation ◽  
Hip Hop ◽  
Youth Culture ◽  
Black Youth ◽  
Black Music ◽  
Hip Hop Culture ◽  
Negative Messages ◽  
Mass Level

AbstractDespite a recent increase in research on its sociopolitical implications, many questions regarding rap music’s influence on mass-level participation remain unanswered. We consider the possibility that “imagining a better world” (measured here as the degree to which young African Americans are critical of the music’s negative messages) can correlate with a desire to “build a better world” (operationalized as an individual’s level of political participation). Evidence from the Black Youth Project (BYP)’s Youth Culture Survey (Cohen 2005) demonstrates that rap critique exerts a conditional impact on non-voting forms of activism. Rap critique enhances heavy consumers’ civic engagement, but this relationship does not occur among Blacks who consume the music infrequently. By demonstrating rap’s politicizing power and contradicting certain criticisms of Hip Hop culture, our research celebrates the possibilities of Black youth and Black music.

scholarly journals Reconceptualising political participation

Human Affairs ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 30 (1) ◽  
pp. 120-127 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yerkebulan Sairambay
Keyword(s):  
Civic Engagement ◽  
Political Participation ◽  
Critical Examination ◽  
Social Activities ◽  
Web 3.0 ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Political Actions ◽  
Civil Societies

AbstractThis article offers a critical examination of various interpretations of “political participation” and shows that there is a lack of consensus among scholars concerning the definition of this particular concept. The lack of consensus has led to various conflicting outcomes (even when applied to the same problem) in the research on political participation. The main purpose of this paper is to offer a new definition of political participation that effectively addresses the challenges facing modern civil societies and the emerging era of Web 3.0. The present study argues that “civic engagement” should be differentiated from political participation such that the former is not counted as part of the latter; civic engagement fosters political participation and refers entirely to social activities. Moreover, I argue that online political actions should be accepted as an integral part of political participation if they fulfil all of the criteria of the phenomenon as defined in this article.

scholarly journals Political participation and civic engagement: Towards a new typology

Human Affairs ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 22 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Joakim Ekman ◽  
Erik Amnå
Keyword(s):  
Civic Engagement ◽  
Political Participation ◽  
Political Action ◽  
Clear Distinction ◽  
Theoretical Development ◽  
Critical Examination ◽  
Social Involvement ◽  
Citizen Engagement ◽  
Conceptual Frameworks ◽  
Political Behaviour

AbstractReviewing the literature on political participation and civic engagement, the article offers a critical examination of different conceptual frameworks. Drawing on previous definitions and operationalisations, a new typology for political participation and civic engagement is developed, highlighting the multidimensionality of both concepts. In particular, it makes a clear distinction between manifest “political participation” (including formal political behaviour as well as protest or extra-parliamentary political action) and less direct or “latent” forms of participation, conceptualized here as “civic engagement” and “social involvement”. The article argues that the notion of “latent” forms of participation is crucial to understand new forms of political behaviour and the prospects for political participation in different countries. Due to these innovations it contributes to a much-needed theoretical development within the literature on political participation and citizen engagement.

Affirming the Young Democracy

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Irene Rizzini ◽  
Malcolm Bush
Keyword(s):  
Civic Engagement ◽  
Political Participation ◽  
Rio De Janeiro ◽  
Social Awareness ◽  
Metropolitan Region ◽  
Recent History ◽  
Youth Civic Engagement ◽  
Poor State ◽  
Political Ideas ◽  
The Poor

This chapter examines youth civic engagement in the Rio de Janeiro metropolitan region. It first considers the context of young people's civic engagement in Brazil, citing how a series of events in the country's recent history aroused unprecedented levels of political participation. It then considers the demographics of youth activists in Rio, the activities and organizations they are involved in, and their motivations for engagement. It also discusses issues important to youth activists, along with their responsibilities, social awareness, and political ideas; what they perceive as costs to civic engagement, including the fear of violence and the time that activism takes up; and their various other concerns such as the poor state of education in the country and the rights of political participation. The chapter concludes with an assessment of Rio youth's views on responsibility.

Young people’s civic engagement and political participation

2020 ◽  
pp. 39-58
Author(s):  
Sally Power
Keyword(s):  
Civil Society ◽  
Young People ◽  
Civic Engagement ◽  
Political Participation ◽  
Older People ◽  
Survey Data ◽  
Overwhelming Majority ◽  
School Students ◽  
Media Portrayals

In this chapter, Sally Power looks at school students’ engagement in civil society – an issue about which very little is known. Drawing on survey data with 1000 14-year-olds in Wales, this chapter challenges the largely negative media portrayals of young people as being selfishly- rather than civically-minded. Levels of associational membership among these young people are high, and levels of charitable activity and volunteering are extraordinarily high – engaged in by the overwhelming majority of young people and far more frequently than by older people. However, the data also indicate that young people are very ambivalent about the value of these activities which must raise issues about future levels of civil and political participation.

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