Political Action, Protest, and the Functioning of Democratic Governance
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3757205 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Russell J Dalton (0000-0002-5973-4135, University of California, Irvine, CA, USA, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 66 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 533-550 |
| Publication date | 2022-04-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Behavioral Scientist (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-7642 • E-ISSN: 1552-3381 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/00027642211021624 |
| OpenAlex | W3168353622 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 11 |
| References cited | 33 |
The current debate on the vitality of affluent democracies often cites the changing patterns of citizens' political participation as signs of this malaise. Fewer citizens are voting, and more are turning toward contentious and more direct forms of participation. What are the consequences? I describe the participation patterns in affluent democracies and then consider whether these changes in citizen participation are linked to the quality of democratic performance. Some scholars see a more assertive public as overloading the political system or destroying collective views of politics. Others see contentious politics as giving citizens an additional and more effective method of influencing policymakers. The evidence on citizen participation comes from two waves of the International Social Survey Program. Measures of the functioning of government come from the Economist Intelligence Unit and the World Bank. The analyses show that a more active public is correlated with a better functioning government. Moreover, these relationships are stronger for protest and other forms of direct action than for voting in national elections. The results suggest that an assertive and elite-challenging public is more of a boon than a curse for democratic politics
Collective action · Democracy · Development economics · Economics · Elite · Government (linguistics) · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Voting · Voting behavior · Electoral Systems and Political Participation · Law · Political Conflict and Governance · Public Administration · Social Capital and Networks
Between promise and practice
Beyond borders
How Citizenship Norms and Digital Media Use Affect Political Participation
Divided by class
Impact of class configuration on political participation
After the Storm
Mayoral partisanship and municipal fiscal health
Capable but Not Empowered? How Emancipative Values Affect Protest Participation Across Different Contexts
The nonlinear relationship between political trust and nonelectoral political participation in democratic and nondemocratic regimes
The role of gender in shaping the effect of volunteering on first-time voter turnout
Neither democrats nor authoritarians? Clustering Philippine youth political attitudes in the time of democratic backsliding
Myth and Reality of the Legitimacy Crisis
Crises of Democracy
Democratic Innovations
Culture Shift in Advanced Industrial Society
The Participation Gap
Bowling alone
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Voter Turnout and the Dynamics of Electoral Competition in Established Democracies since 1945
Critical Citizens
Against Democracy
From Allegiant to Assertive Citizens
The People vs. Democracy
Democratic Deficit
Method Factors in Democracy Indicators
Social capital, voluntary associations and collective action
The Future of Freedom-Illiberal democracy at home and abroad
The Myth of the Rational Voter
Voice and Equality
Social movements
The Democratic Disconnect
Government effectiveness and support for democracy
Social Capital and the Quality of Government
The Individual–Institutional Nexus of Protest Behaviour
Social Capital
| Unique citing works | 11 |
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| Citations per year | 2,75 |
| Citation span | 2022 - 2026 (5) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 10 |