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While modeling political participation as a latent variable, researchers usually choose whether to conceptualize and model participation as a latent continuous or latent categorical variable. When ... question of what impacts the probability of ending up in the latent class of politically disengaged. Political participation; Citizen participation; Zero-inflation; IRT 1 Introduction For many years
Political trust—in terms of trust in political institutions—is an important precondition for the functioning and stability of democracy. One widely studied determinant of political trust is income
This paper explores whether civic attitudes cluster in ways that correspond to distinct citizenship regimes. Drawing on political philosophy and citizenship literature, it identifies a liberal, a ... theory; EVS/WVS; Cluster analysis 1 Introduction The scholarly literature on political philosophy and citizenship has identified different regimes defining state-citizen relationships. These regimes have
, such a phenomenon is likely to be also correlated with some internal socio-political factors that allow its persistence by preventing effective solutions. In this paper, we build and analyse a dataset ... existing among the European countries and the geography of energy deprivation by stressing the importance of an adequate political framework to successfully address the problem (cf. OpenEXP Network, 2019
consumption, we find that higher levels of media freedom reduce citizen's trust in government but are unrelated to satisfaction with national governments. Political trust; Government satisfaction; Media ... freedom; TV consumption 1 Introduction Freedom of the media is considered a fundamental institution of political democracy. The well-documented recent erosion of media freedom, especially visible in
political agendas, the increasingly noticed opportunity for political empowerment through e-government, the development of a sense of belonging through technology, the potential of a digitally-mediated ... Philosophy, Loyola University , Córdoba , Spain 1 Department of Education, International University of La Rioja , Logroño , Spain 2 Department of Research and Psychology in Education, Complutense University
Is it possible to identify a ‘riches line’, distinguishing the ‘rich’ from the ‘super-rich’? Recent work in political philosophy suggests that this is theoretically possible. This study examines for ... ; Robeyns 2017; Timmer 2019) . If a vast majority of a population is against the rich having more political influence, and these views are supported by valid arguments from ethics and philosophy, then people
identification with the EU, trust in the EU, altruistic motives, political orientation, or socio-demographics. ... supports relatively poor member states through investments in, e.g., their infrastructure or environment. While there is broad agreement at the political level to promote greater convergence between member
Among the different factors that predict political participation, the characteristics of the local community are often described. The types and the intensity of political participation differ in ... political participation differ in urban and rural communities. The local community provides social and cultural resources for political participation and at the same time acts as a driver of political
that political ideology, and to some extent politicians’ propensity to act rebelliously and diligently, are significant determinants of their agreement on Indigenous policies. Our complementary analysis ... relevance of political ideology, and in doing so, highlights the alignments in the behaviours of politicians and voters. This study has been prepared within the UNU-WIDER project “Addressing group-based
which takes on board Akan philosophy and pedagogy. This will be beneficial for promoting quality and lifelong education in the country and serve the common good of Ghanaians. ... emphasised the philosophy of oneness or humanity (Ubuntu); and Tanzania, which has revived a similar philosophy called Ujamaa to depict brotherhood and oneness. These philosophies are important aspects of the
Political consumerism consists of buycotting and boycotting and refers to the conscious and consistent use of the market for ethical, environmental and eventually political considerations ... Sciences, Nottingham Trent University , Nottingham , UK 2 School of Sociology, Politics and International Studies, University of Bristol , Bristol , UK Political consumerism consists of buycotting and
not explicitly mentioned in the report, the idea of a new social contract provided a political framework for re-establishing the particular relationship between education and society, based on a strong ... clear vision of the emancipatory function of education for the fulfilment of individuals within democratic societies, the political discussion on the relationship among the institutions that should govern
, political legitimacy remains relatively underexplored—particularly in non-Western contexts. Drawing on a Hong Kong-based survey of over 800 residents conducted in 2019, this study analyzes the results of ... city concept associates positively with expectations about smart city benefits, but the effect is sensitive to education level and income. This study deepens understandings about the political legitimacy
operate in more professionalized structures, indicating that referencing social cohesion legitimizes these groups’ political and social purposes in the public sphere. ... compliance, reassure trust in the normative basis of democracy and counter divisions and political cynicism ( Stöcker, 2021 ; Unzicker, 2022 ), containment policies were framed, for instance, as acts of
differences, but macro-level insecurity is associated with increased levels of political distrust, accompanied by greater authoritarianism. Greater macro-level insecurity is also associated with more negative ... robust to controls for political affiliation and aggregate macroeconomic indicators, suggesting that rising levels of income inequality and weakening social safety nets increase political polarization and
. ( 1972 ). Comparative political corruption . Prentice Hall. Sinnott-Armstrong , W. ( 2022 ). 'Consequentialism', The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Winter 2022 Edition) , Edward N. Zalta & Uri ... first has a long tradition in the Western political thought. Corruption as a deviant behaviour/practice concerns the breach of legal/formal rules and standardised expectations governing an office of
Political participation is a mainstay of political behavior research. One of the main dilemmas many researchers face pertains to the number of dimensions of political participation, i.e. whether we ... should model political participation as a unidimensional or multidimensional latent construct. Over the years, scholars usually have favored the solution with more than one dimension of political
nonpolitical and political participation and across age groups (preregistration is accessible at https://osf.io/kqcbe ). Using 25 waves of data from the British Household Panel Survey and the Understanding ... level: On occasions when younger adults reported political participation, they reported slightly higher neighborhood belonging than when they did not. On occasions when older adults reported nonpolitical
political philosophy to develop a unified typology of empowerment concepts to guide measurement and evaluation. In this typology, empowerment (1) may be a property of individuals or collectives (2) may ... . KeywordsWomen’s empowerment Critical review Low- and middle-income countries International development Feminism Political philosophy 1 Introduction Women’s empowerment is widely recognized as a global policy
