Pro- and anti-system behavior
A Complementary Approach to Voice and Silence in Studies of Political Behavior
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4525593 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Justin Gest (0000-0002-5286-4551, George Mason University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 19 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 535-552 |
| Publication date | 2015-07-04 |
| 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 | 10.1080/13621025.2015.1074345 |
| OpenAlex | W2199500211 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 39 |
Theories of participation and non-participation are largely unable to capture and distinguish anti-system behavior, which ranges from deliberate silence to political violence. To better understand and measure these diverse forms of citizen participation, and to distinguish these from forms of alienation and marginalization, this article builds a new model of anti-system behavior in a way that facilitates the development of empirically observable variables and hypotheses. To do so, I draw upon sociological approaches to alienation – which examine intensities of rebellion and contestation – and combine them with the standard political scientific approach – which examines intensities of engagement based on resources. The problem, I argue, is that each approach only partially explains the motivations behind aberrant political behavior in modern democratic systems; they are in fact two sides of the same coin. I consider three cases of apparent silent citizenship: Muslims in Western Europe, Roma in Eastern Europe, and white working-class people in North America and Europe
Aesthetics · Alienation · Citizenship · Democracy · Epistemology · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Silence · Sociology · Electoral Systems and Political Participation · Law · Populism, Right-Wing Movements · Psychology · Social Policy and Reform Studies · Social Psychology
The good citizen
Participation and political equality
Participation in America
Voter Turnout
Silent Citizenship in Democratic Theory and Practice
Modernity and Self-Identity
Europe's Angry Muslims
A New Engagement
Making Democracy Work
The white working-class minority
Who Participates and Why
Political efficacy
Voice and Equality
Attitudes, Opportunities and Incentives
Trained for Democracy
Social Networks and Political Participation
Anti-System Parties
Diffuse Political Support and Antisystem Political Behavior
Social Capital, Social Networks, and Political Participation
Anomia and Differential Access to the Achievement of Life Goals
On The Meaning of Alienation
Man Alone
The Stability and Reliability of Political Efficacy
Dimensions of Political Alienation
Enhancing the Validity and Cross-Cultural Comparability of Measurement in Survey Research
Protest and Political Opportunities
Status, Anomia, Political Alienation, and Political Participation
| Unique citing works | 3 |
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| Citations per year | 0,38 |
| Citation span | 2018 - 2025 (8) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |