political participation is an indication of democracy and political development and legitimacy in different societies. the more participation in a society occurs, the more legitimacy a political system will have. so, the efforts of iranian political system are toward increasing people’s political participation rate. since half of the iranian world consists of women, a survey on the factors affe...

Considering that explain the role of emotional indicators contributed to the decision the present study investigation indicators of emotional intelligence political participation effective.Because the political system is based on the will of the people was based on continuity and authority is dependent on political participation and involvement of people. This paper presents an analytical study...

This paper is the first study that analyzes the drivers of political protest using longitudinal data from a critical revolution that changed –at least temporarily– the political landscape in a transition country. We make use of a rich dataset consisting of panel data collected before and after the so called “Orange” revolution in Ukraine. Our empirical approach tackles two different –and equall...

This article undertakes a multivariate analysis of political participation among Mexican American immigrants. Traditional forms of participation such as registration and voting are not adequate tests of civic engagement for a population including 7 million noncitizens. Rather, this article examines nonelectoral participation including attending a meeting or rally, volunteering for a campaign, o...

Research on political participation has suggested that young people in western countries have become gradually disengaged from conventional politics. While traditional repertoires of participation have been declining, recent research also found that young people are relatively active in civic arenas and have become more prone to engage in extra-institutional forms of political participation. On...

This study examines (1) Relationship between Perspectives of Internet and Designing Communication on Context of Globalization; and (2) the mediating role of exposure to political perspectives (i.e., exposure to like-minded and cross-cutting viewpoints) in the relationship between social media use and online political participation. The results show that both blog and SNS use are positively rela...

1 Contents Introduction 2 1. Changing patterns of political engagement and new citizenship perceptions: conceptual overview 4 2. Young people and political participation 6 2.1. Effective ways of influencing decision-making: perceptions of young people 6 2.2. Young people's political participation: traditional and new ways of expressing opinions 10 3. Young people and their perception of EU citi...