The politics of other citizens
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4524792 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jonathan White (0000-0002-4668-698X, London School of Economics and Political Science, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2010 |
| Volume | 14 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 411-427 |
| Publication date | 2010-08-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Citizenship Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1362-1025 • E-ISSN: 1469-3593 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/13621025.2010.490036 |
| OpenAlex | W2052997349 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 17 |
In all kinds of political action, citizens are confronted with the performances of other citizens. An important guide to political behaviour is therefore likely to be the assumptions people make concerning how others can be expected to behave. This article explores common sense ideas about other citizens as potential political participants, drawing on a series of group interviews conducted with taxi-drivers in Britain, Germany and the Czech Republic. I argue the expectations voiced of other citizens tend to be pessimistic in nature, casting them as ill-informed, apathetic, passive and unduly self-interested, notwithstanding the appearance of a more optimistic view which holds they can be expected to follow the lead of those who ‘take a stand’. These empirical observations lead to a discussion of the theoretical issues they raise, notably where to locate the origins of such views, and how to appraise their implications for democracy
Citizenship · Collective action · Czech · Democracy · Economics · Epistemology · Pessimism · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Positive economics · Sociology · Electoral Systems and Political Participation · Law · Migration, Refugees, and Integration · Psychology · Social Media and Politics · Social Psychology
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Talk of Love
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Trust
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Social Traps and the Problem of Trust
Focus Groups as Qualitative Research
Against Deliberation
Europe in the Political Imagination
Thematization and Collective Positioning in Everyday Political Talk
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The Third-Person Effect in Communication
Between Facts and Norms
| Unique citing works | 2 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,15 |
| Citation span | 2013 - 2019 (7) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |