Publication details
Politická participace - teorie a koncepty
| Title in English | Political Participation - Theories and Concepts |
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| Authors | |
| Year of publication | 2008 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
| Magazine / Source | Politologický časopis |
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| Field | Political sciences |
| Keywords | political participation; individual resources; political values; social capital; modernization; institutions |
| Description | This paper aims at reviewing concepts and theories of political participation. First, it shows how the repertoire of political activities has changed since the time the classical concepts were formulated. The paper argues that the transformation of political participation happened in three distinct dimensions, i.e. goals, targets, and space. The second part of the paper deals with theories of political participation. It presents a three-level explanation model according to the level of analysis used by particular theories: micro (individual), meso (intermediary) and macro (structural) levels. Last but not least, the paper focuses on major theories explaining political participation: individual resources and political values (micro), social capital (meso), and modernization and institutional explanation (macro). |
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