Political Mobilisation, Political Participation and the Power of the Vote
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6406480 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Hanspeter Kriesi (0000-0003-4229-8960, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2008 |
| Volume | 31 |
| Issue | 1-2 |
| Pages | 147-168 |
| Publication date | 2008-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | West European Politics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0140-2382 • E-ISSN: 1743-9655 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/01402380701834762 |
| OpenAlex | W2122733271 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 36 |
| References cited | 62 |
This article proposes a framework to recast our thinking about political participation. The approach adopted insists on the role of collective actors and their agents – the political elites – in the democratic process and, by implication, in determining the amount and forms of individual political participation. The proposed framework builds on a simple model of representative government and introduces some major changes in the political context which have become ever more conspicuous in the course of the last 30 years, and which are substantially modifying the conditions for conventional (electoral) and unconventional political participation. Prominent among these changes are the increasing role of the media in politics, and the decline of party control over the voters. These changes tend to enhance both electoral and non-electoral forms of participation. Another set of contemporary institutional changes reduces the electoral accountability of political decision-makers, with expected consequences that are more ambiguous for both electoral and non-electoral participation
Accountability · Context (archaeology · Democracy · Economic system · Economics · Electoral geography · Government (linguistics · Political economy · Political process · Political science · Politics · Power (physics · Electoral Systems and Political Participation · Law · Populism, Right-Wing Movements · Social Media and Politics
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| Unique citing works | 36 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 2 |
| Citation span | 2008 - 2026 (19) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 35 |