Abstract Reviewing the literature on political participation and civic engagement, article offers a critical examination of different conceptual frameworks. Drawing previous definitions operationalisations, new typology for engagement is developed, highlighting multidimensionality both concepts. In particular, it makes clear distinction between manifest “political participation” (including formal behaviour as well protest or extra-parliamentary action) less direct “latent” forms...

The current debate on political participation is bound to a discussion about whether citizens are active or passive. This dichotomous notion nurtured by an extensive normative concerning passivity asset threat democracy; and it especially manifest in studies of young people's orientations. Drawing this discussion, the present study goes beyond dichotomy keeping interest conceptually separate from order improve our understanding passivity. Multivariate cluster analysis empirical data Swedish...

The role played by the Internet in young people’s political lives has received great research attention. However, two gaps literature hinder drawing of conclusions on how online participation is related to its offline counterpart. First, although there are multiple hypotheses nature relationship, they have not been compared any single study. Second, relation may differ according developmental stage, age differences examined. We address these using longitudinal data from samples youth at...

Political participation is one of the most studied aspects contemporary development western democracies. A recent trend focuses lack political among younger generations. At same time, last decades have also witnessed a growth in share young European Union (EU) citizens who express alienation, and distrust toward social institutions at national as well level. By studying people across different countries EU, current study aims to examine if youths' passivity better explained by apathy or...

Political interest is one of the most important individual-level predictors news media use, public opinion formation, and engagement. When, how, why some citizens develop a strong in politics is, however, less clear. This study analyzes development political during formative years adolescence, using five-wave panel among Swedish adolescents, covering period 4 years. Based on citizen communication mediation model, we analyze how current affairs family friends influence adolescents’ interest....

Personality traits are considered efficient predictors of off-line political participation. However, the effects personality on online engagement have been largely understudied. The main goal this cross-sectional research ( N = 1,134, sample young adults) was to investigate relationships between traits, as measured by Big Five Inventory, and engagement. As dependent variables, we took three dimensions engagement: e-targeted, e-expressive, e-news. A latent variables structural equation model...

This article examines the role of teachers, parents, and friends in stimulating development societal interest among adolescents. It assesses extent teachers can compensate for differences adolescents that arise due to socioeconomic differences. The YeS panel study is used, with 587 students aged 13–18 assessed annually over a six-year period (2010–2015) uses latent growth curve modeling (LGCM). Our findings indicate awareness-raising by each three groups contributes adolescents, being most...

Abstract The comparative strength of Scandinavian democracy is perceived to depend on its close connection with a widespread and membership-based associational life that cultivates orientations behaviour in harmony an active, egalitarian citizenship. However, at the end twentieth century, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish governmental audits simultaneously revealed integrated model appeared not only be diverging but threatened by individualization, segregation, globalization. By critical...

Abstract Swedish service democracy is solidly based on a successful welfare state configuration. When good social services are received, citizens reciprocate with their stabilizing trust and legitimacy. Towards the turn of last century, several economic, organizational ideological foundations representative were faltering, owing to exogenous trends as well self-inflicted actions. A governmental commission was set up in 1997 order combat weakening Confronted extensive science research, chose...

International research into democracy has uncovered severe changes in patterns of political engagement and participation. Even institutions such as parties voluntary organisations have undergone major alterations. Scandinavian democracies hitherto been regarded exceptionally stable strong due to their homogenous qualities mass‐based class politics, parties, high degree associationalism, peaceful labour market relations developed welfare policies. However, three official democratic audits...

How does academic literature across various disciplines conceptualize and empirically address active citizenship? What are the potential benefits dangers of dominant epistemological ideological perspectives on ‘good citizenship’? Our paper engages with these questions by drawing 12 disciplines. We used textual analysis software T-LAB to quantify visualize co-occurrences, word associations thematic clusters in abstracts 770 texts gathered eight country teams original in-depth qualitative...

Studies on youth participation tend to characterize as either active and trustful or passive alienated. This cross-national longitudinal study examines patterns of citizenship orientations characterized by both manifest latent involvement differentiated one’s position toward institutional politics (trustful distrustful) among 1,914 adolescents from five European countries (53.5% female; M age = 16.27). Demographic proximal contextual correlates associated with different at a 1-year interval...