Political Participation and Contemporary Political Science

Political Efficacy and political participation

Neoliberalism and the Unfolding Patterns of Young People’s Political Engagement and Political Participation in Contemporary Britain

Recent trends suggest that young people in Britain are increasingly rejecting electoral politics. However, evidence suggests that British youth are not apolitical, but are becoming ever more sceptical of the ability of electoral politics to make a meaningful contribution to their lives. Why young people are adopting new political behaviour and values, however, is still a point of contention. So...

Social Capital and Political Participation: Understanding the Dynamics of Young People's Political Disengagement in Contemporary Britain

Social Capital and Political Participation: Understanding the Dynamics of Young People’s Political Disengagement in Contemporary Britain M a t t H e n n ∗, M a r k W e i n s t e i n ∗∗ a n d S a r a h H o d g k i n s o n ∗∗∗ ∗Graduate School College of Business, Law and Social Sciences, Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham E-mail: [email protected] ∗∗Graduate School College of Business, La...

Depression and Political Participation.

In this paper, I propose that depression is a political phenomenon insofar as it has political sources and consequences. I then investigate one aspect of this argument-whether depression reduces participation. I hypothesize that individuals with depression lack the motivation and physical capacity to vote and engage in other forms of political participation due to somatic problems and feelings ...

How Internal Political Efficacy Translates Political Knowledge Into Political Participation

This study presents evidence for the mediation effect of political knowledge through political self-efficacy (i.e. internal political efficacy) in the prediction of political participation. It employs an action theoretic approach-by and large grounded on the Theory of Planned Behaviour-and uses data from the German Longitudinal Election Study to examine whether political knowledge has distinct ...