- Title Pages
- About this publication
- Foreword
- Preface
- List of Figures
- List of Tables
- Abbreviations
- Standard Country Abbreviations Used in the Tables and Figures
- List of Contributors
- 1 Citizens and the State: A Changing Relationship?
- 2 Electoral Participation
- 3 Beyond Electoral Participation
- 4 Political Parties in Decline?
- 5 Party Membership and Party Representativeness
- 6 Party Positions and Voter Orientations
- 7 Relationships Between Citizens and Political Parties
- 8 Intermediate Organizations and Interest Representation
- 9 The Dynamics of Trust in Politicians
- 10 Confidence in Political and Private Institutions
- 11 Support for the Democratic System
- 12 Political Support in East–Central Europe
- 13 Support for Democratic Values
- 14 Citizens and the State: A Relationship Transformed
- References
- Author Index
- Subject Index
Beyond Electoral Participation
Beyond Electoral Participation
- Chapter:
- (p.52) 3 Beyond Electoral Participation
- Source:
- Citizens and the State
- Author(s):
Richard Topf
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
Moves beyond the analysis of electoral turnout presented in the preceding chapter to look at wider forms of participation in the democratic process. It offers a general discussion of typologies of political activity and involvement. Taking trends across Western Europe as a whole, it concludes that, whereas electoral turnout has remained remarkably stable, political participation beyond voting has risen dramatically.
Keywords: political activity, political participation, Western Europe
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- Title Pages
- About this publication
- Foreword
- Preface
- List of Figures
- List of Tables
- Abbreviations
- Standard Country Abbreviations Used in the Tables and Figures
- List of Contributors
- 1 Citizens and the State: A Changing Relationship?
- 2 Electoral Participation
- 3 Beyond Electoral Participation
- 4 Political Parties in Decline?
- 5 Party Membership and Party Representativeness
- 6 Party Positions and Voter Orientations
- 7 Relationships Between Citizens and Political Parties
- 8 Intermediate Organizations and Interest Representation
- 9 The Dynamics of Trust in Politicians
- 10 Confidence in Political and Private Institutions
- 11 Support for the Democratic System
- 12 Political Support in East–Central Europe
- 13 Support for Democratic Values
- 14 Citizens and the State: A Relationship Transformed
- References
- Author Index
- Subject Index
