Reviewing 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 man...

According to the conventional wisdom in political behavior research, education has a direct causal effect on political participation. However, a number of recent studies have questioned this established view by arguing that education is not a direct cause but only a proxy for other factors that are not directly related to the educational experience, such as pre-adult factors. This paper engages...

In this paper, I propose that depression is a political phenomenon insofar as it has political sources and consequences. I then investigate one aspect of this argument-whether depression reduces participation. I hypothesize that individuals with depression lack the motivation and physical capacity to vote and engage in other forms of political participation due to somatic problems and feelings ...

political participation is considered to be one of the major indicators of development. women as a part of the human capitals of every society can play a determinant role in running the country with their political participation. the purpose of the research is to examine some of the factors affecting the rate of political participation of women in the society. research method in the investigati...

prevalence and diversity of non government organizations (ngos) is indicative of social and political maturity in any given society. nowadays, an important concern of ngos is their efforts in how to attract people’s participation in conserving the environment. to promote the participation of these organizations in the environmental conservation, need arises as to determine the factors influen...

This study was made to provide sociological explanation about social honesty effect on political participation. Since our community has undergone many changes during the time and considering that it has been changing from traditional society to a modern community, there is necessary need to have enough knowledge and recognition in context of quantity and quality of political participation more ...

This study presents evidence for the mediation effect of political knowledge through political self-efficacy (i.e. internal political efficacy) in the prediction of political participation. It employs an action theoretic approach-by and large grounded on the Theory of Planned Behaviour-and uses data from the German Longitudinal Election Study to examine whether political knowledge has distinct ...

This paper deals with the development and obstacles of Korean women’s political participation in recent years. Since the year 1948 after the declaration of a modern state, Korea has tried to establish the democracy but still in the field of women’s political participation it meets a lot of problems such as women’s political consciousness, male dominated political culture and institutional const...

Political socialization is the process by which the transition of political cultures takes place from one generation to another.In the other words political socialization is continuous in whole of life, in which political personality of people is formed. Many factors affect people political socialization that some of them are; Family, Mass Media, School and Peer Groups. This research represents...

this article intends to analyze women's political participation in municipal centers in isfahan province. in the article, one of the basic propositions of the exchange theory regarding the women political participation is examined. according to this proposition, the more valuable a reward is for a deed, the more probably the deed will be carried out. the method for this research was survey...