POWER AND INFLUENCE-BASED POLITICAL PARTICIPATION IN EUROPEAN DEMOCRACIES

• Autorzy: Matej Makarovič , Mateja Rek
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

In this article, we analyse issues related to political participation from the perspective of sociological theory. The key argument is based on a theoretical framework distinguishing clearly between power and influence. We employ Talcott Parsons' theory of steering media and use it as a base on which to build a classification of forms of political participation. We show that with the development of a society, power-based political participation is not being replaced by influence-based political participation. Instead, in developed societies, the number of active citizens increases, and they tend to use more of both power-based and influence-based forms of political participation. Based on our classification of the forms of political participation, we examine a set of quantitative indicators using a hierarchical cluster analysis in order to explore differences and similarities among EU members as regards the use of power or influence-based forms of political participation.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

POLITICAL PARTICIPATION; DEMOCRACY; EUROPE; INFLUENCE; POWER

• Wydawca: Institute of Sociology, Slovak Academy of Sciences
• Czasopismo: Sociológia (Sociology)
• Rocznik: 2014
• Tom: 46
• Numer: 6
• Strony: 686 – 705

Twórcy

autor

Matej Makarovič

• School of Advanced Social Studies, Gregorčičeva 19, 5000 Nova Gorica, Slovenia,

autor

Mateja Rek