AN EXPLANATORY MODEL FOR DIFFERING TYPES OF PARTICIPATION

In: European journal of political research: official journal of the European Consortium for Political Research, Band 10, Heft 1, S. 1-16

Abstract

DEMOCRATIV PARTICIPATION AND AGGRESSIVE PARTIPATION ARE ANALYTICALLY DISTINCT TYPES OF POLITICAL BEHAVIOR. PREVIOUS EXPLANATORY MODELS HAVE ASSUMED THAT THESE TYPES OF BEHAVIOR ARE UNCORRELATED. BUT ACCUMULATION OF RECENT RESEARCH EVIDENCE SHOW THEM TO BE CORRELATED EXPIRICALLY, THEREFORE AN IMPORTANT CURRENT PRIORITY OF POLITICAL PARTICIPATION RESEARCH IS DEVELOPMENT OF INTEGRATED MODELS TO EXPLAIN BOTH TYPES.