What is the public perception of what it means to be a good citizen? Empirical evidence from Slovakia

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ID6190911
AuthorsOľga Gyárfášová (0000-0003-0016-7866, Faculty of Social and Economic Sciences , Comenius University , Mlynské luhy 4, 821 05 , Bratislava , Slovakia, corresponding author)
Year2017
Volume27
Issue3
Pages317-332
Publication date2017-07-26
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueHuman Affairs (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1210-3055 • E-ISSN: 1337-401X
PublisherWalter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE)
DOI10.1515/humaff-2017-0026
OpenAlexW2742040897
LanguageEN
References cited16

The study analyses the public perception of citizenship in Slovakia using empirical findings from the ISSP sociological survey. The paper conceptualizes the important features of citizenship, identifying three factors constituting the public’s perception of citizenship. It is a perception that is relatively stable in time and informed more by the legal dimension of citizenship than the participatory one. In this respect the empirical findings do not support the theoretical assumptions usually associated with citizenship research that highlight active, participatory citizenship. The study also analyses how citizenship relates to national pride. The author finds that the normative understanding of “a good citizen” is only very loosely related to the perception of national pride

Citizen journalism · Citizenship · Empirical research · Epistemology · Good citizenship · Normative · Perception · Political science · Politics · Pride · Public relations · Sociology · Eastern European Communism and Reforms · Law · Populism, Right-Wing Movements · Psychology · Social Media and Politics · Social Psychology

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