Organizational Appeals and Civic Voluntarism
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8374201 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Yanjun Liu (0000-0003-3375-213X, corresponding author), Yiqiu Zhang |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 64 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 365-395 |
| Publication date | 2024-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Asian Survey (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0004-4687 • E-ISSN: 1533-838X |
| Publisher | University of California Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1525/as.2024.2117141 |
| OpenAlex | W4391326713 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 65 |
Civic organizations have long been heralded for promoting voluntarism and civic participation, yet observational studies, facing endogeneity concerns, have struggled to solidify the causal underpinnings of the neo-Tocquevillian theory. Furthermore, empirical examination of their recruitment efficacy relative to state entities, particularly in crises or authoritarian settings, remains scarce. Our survey experiment in COVID-period China provides a twofold crucial case study. By embodying both the “most likely case” of effective state-led mobilization and the “least likely case” of potent civic organization efforts, it offers unique analytical leverage and insights. Civic appeals significantly boosted volunteer inclinations, whereas governmental outreach had minimal or even negative effects. This civic boost was stronger among those with less social and political trust and channeled by heightened political efficacy and active citizenship norms. Our findings shed light on the pivotal roles of civic organizations, even in authoritarian settings featuring embryonic civil societies
Authoritarianism · Civic engagement · Civic virtue · Civil society · Democracy · Leverage (statistics · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Public relations · Sociology · State (computer science · Voluntarism (philosophy · Law · Nonprofit Sector and Volunteering · Public Administration · Religion, Society, and Development · Social Capital and Networks
Negotiating the State
Preserving the Publicness of the Nonprofit Sector
Let Many Civil Societies Bloom
Participation in formal and informal volunteering
From private lives to collective action
Chinese Guanxi
Covariate Balance in Simple, Stratified and Clustered Comparative Studies
Coordinating Expertise Among Emergent Groups Responding to Disasters
“Fragmented Authoritarianism 2.0”
Reassessing Trust in the Central Government
A general approach to causal mediation analysis.
Citizenship Studies
Cooperation, Cooptation, and Rebellion Under Dictatorships
Disaster Governance
Labor Unions and Political Participation in Comparative Perspective
Self-efficacy
Quasi-Governmental Organizations at the Local Level
An Emerging Civil Society
Revisiting Political Wariness in China’s Public Opinion Surveys
The Politics of Quality-of-Life Issues
The Local Corporatist State and NGO Relations in China
The politics of NGO development in China
Social Capital, Volunteering, and Charitable Giving
Explaining Satisfaction with Volunteering in Emergencies
Responding to Covid-19
Empowerment through emotional connection and capacity building
Giving Time, Money, and Blood
A port in a storm
Community Resilience as a Metaphor, Theory, Set of Capacities, and Strategy for Disaster Readiness
Inclusivity in Online Platforms
Designing Public Participation Processes
Managing the Unexpected
Rising to the Challenges of a Catastrophe
Social Trust and Civic Engagement across Time and Generations
Reassessing Collective Petitioning in Rural China
Preparedness for Emergency Response
Collaborative emergency management
Crisis Management in Hindsight
Citizenship and Professionalism in Public Administration
Understanding the Implications of Government Ties for Nonprofit Operations and Functions
Putting the Public Back into Governance
Recruitment and Political Participation
Local Distrust and Regime Support
Efficacy, Emotions and the Habit of Participation
In Government We Trust
Cultural Values and Political Trust
Organizational Involvement and Political Participation in China
Is There a (Viable) Crucial-Case Method
Individual-Level Evidence for the Causes and Consequences of Social Capital
Linking Members to Leaders
Citizenship in China
The Logic of the Survey Experiment Reexamined
Mobilization and Participation
When Covid-19 meets centralized, personalized power
The Effect of Political Trust on the Presidential Vote, 1968-96
A Nation of Organizers
Measuring Internal Political Efficacy in the 1988 National Election Study
Faith and Works
Contingent Symbiosis and Civil Society in an Authoritarian State
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,5 |
| Citation span | 2024 - 2024 (1) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |