Economic Crisis and Levels of Political Participation in Europe (2002-2010): The Role of Resources and Grievances

被引:120
作者
Kern, Anna [1 ]
Marien, Sofie [2 ]
Hooghe, Marc [1 ,3 ]
机构
[1] Univ Leuven, Ctr Citizenship & Democracy, Leuven, Belgium
[2] Univ Amsterdam, Dept Polit Sci, NL-1012 WX Amsterdam, Netherlands
[3] Univ Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
关键词
RELATIVE DEPRIVATION; MOBILIZATION; AUSTERITY; ATTITUDES; IDENTITY; POLICIES; PROTEST;
D O I
10.1080/01402382.2014.993152
中图分类号
D0 [政治学、政治理论];
学科分类号
0302 ; 030201 ;
摘要
This article examines the effect of the recent economic crisis on political participation levels in Europe. As the civic voluntarism model and grievances theory predict different effects of economic downturn on political participation, the crisis provides a unique context to evaluate the explanatory power of these two theories. It is found that, when investigating a period of eight years (2002-2010), economic growth is positively associated with non-institutionalised political participation, which is in line with the civic voluntarism model. However, when focusing on the changes in political participation that occurred between 2008 and 2010 it is found that rising unemployment is associated with rising levels of non-institutionalised political participation, suggesting that grievance theory is especially useful in exceptionally negative conditions as suddenly imposed grievances can lead to various forms of protest behaviour. The article argues that these shock experiences can lead to momentary peak periods of mobilisation.
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页码:465 / 490
页数:26
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