Disentangling the Impact of Civil Association Membership on Political Participation
Evidence from Swedish Panel Data
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6227342 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Linuz Aggeborn (0000-0002-8466-3041, Uppsala University), N Lajevardi (0000-0001-7201-4354, Michigan State University), Pär Nyman (0000-0003-0847-5601, Uppsala University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 51 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 1773-1781 |
| Publication date | 2021-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | British Journal of Political Science (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0007-1234 • E-ISSN: 1469-2112 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0007123419000772 |
| OpenAlex | W3036710997 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 34 |
What is the effect of membership in civil associations on political participation? Membership has been linked to providing social capital and personal networks, which in turn help citizens more easily navigate politics. Yet this link is empirically complex, since politically interested individuals self-select into networks and associations. This research note addresses the impact of membership on different forms of political participation using a panel survey from Sweden that distinguishes between passive and active membership in various types of associations. The baseline results reaffirm a strong association between membership and political participation. The survey's panel dimension is exploited to reveal that earlier scholarship has likely overstated the robustness of membership's participatory effects. Rather, the remaining impact of association membership in the panel specification is mainly driven by types of associations for which the highest degree of selection behaviour is expected
Association (psychology · British Household Panel Survey · Citizen journalism · Demographic economics · Econometrics · Economics · Panel analysis · Panel data · Panel survey · Political science · Politics · Robustness (evolution · Scholarship · Social capital · Survey data collection · Electoral Systems and Political Participation · Law · Nonprofit Sector and Volunteering · Psychology · Social Capital and Networks
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| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2024 - 2025 (2) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |