How subjective representations of citizenship affect political behavior: new forms of political participation in South America

How do citizens perceive political legitimacy and how does it affect the political behaviors of citizens in a less institutional way? On the one hand, political science has developed several theories about electoral behavior within the framework of institutional participation. However, the new forms of participation have not been studied in the same way, even if research has been done increasingly on the topic over the last years. An agreement is that the patterns of citizenship have been changing and a new citizenship’s conceptions have emerged. On the other hand, social psychology has been particularly interested to understand the perceived legitimacy in relation to authority and law at the individual level, which is closely related to new forms of participation. Therefore, the aim of this paper is to measure the relationship between subjective representations of citizenship (or group belonging) and the new forms of political participation. This paper is at the crossroad of social psychology and political science theory. A comparative analysis has been carried out focused on four South American countries that have been characterized by an increase in new forms of political participation since the recovered democracy to date. Data has been obtained from World Values Survey. Univariate and multivariate analysis has been applied. Results show that subjective representations of critical citizenship to the perception of an authoritarian context explain an increase of new forms of participation. This paper argues that subjective representations of citizenship have an effect in the new forms of political participation

Accommodation to Change : Panel Study to Examine Attitude Change towards the EEC Before and After the Referendum, June 1975

Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.To examine accommodation to a fait accompli by contrasting attitudes held in 1971 with those held in 1975 and, by examining what changes occurred in each instance once the decision had been taken.Main Topics:Attitudinal/Behavioural Questions Two questionnaires were administered. A: 2 weeks before the June 1975 referendum; B: 3 weeks after the June 1975 referendum. A. Only: Voting intention in referendum 1975 and in the next General Election B. Only: Vote in referendum (reasons if no vote), when decision on direction of vote was made, whether initial decision changed, whether information about EEC was actively sought. Opinion of referendum campaign/impartiality of television channels and programmes. Particular influences on respondent's vote. Respondent's opinion of issues warranting future referenda, assessment of relative degree of different sources of influence on referendum vote (government, own political party, own union, the press, TV and radio, workmates, friends, members of family). Opinion of television, timing and frequency of viewing. A. and B. Opinions on the political and economic situation in Britain. Respondents were asked to agree/disagree with a number of phrases describing 'Britain Today'. Priorities, goals and values in personal lifestyle. Attitudes towards France and Germany, expected changes if Britain were to stay in/come out of the Common Market. Political and sociological views of respondents, voting pattern in last 2 general elections, attitude to EEC in 1971. Opinion on relation of management to employees, attitude to comprehensive schools. Background Variables Age, sex, marital status, social class, occupation (respondent and spouse). Educational qualifications, any present study, school leaving age, trade union membership, home ownership

Fact checking of politically contentious claims 2017-2019

Our study aims to gauge public opinion of claims made around ‘Brexit’ (i.e., Great Britain’s departure from the European Union). In this study, several such claims have been fact-checked to determine their truthfulness and accuracy. Purpose was to test the interactive effects of conclusion strength/framing, explanation structure, and information source detail availability on the efficacy of fact-checks on politically contentious claims. Further, to assess if reactions to fact-checks were moderated by political orientation and/or (mis)match between fact-check stance and preferred political outcome

Behavioural and functional magnetic resonance imaging studies: Decision making on belief and feeling while reading tweet texts 2019

This data set contains two experimental studies, the studies investigated how perceived information sources would affect readers' decision making about belief and feeling while they read tweet texts. In the behavioural study, we aimed to validate stimuli that were then used in the fMRI experiment. We examined our hypothesis that tweet texts accompanied by more often used information sources of individuals (i.e. the logos of media) would significantly increase the degrees of their belief about the texts, compared with tweet texts accompanied by the information sources that they never used. In the fMRI study, we hypothesised that perceived information sources would modulate one's decision-making on belief and feeling about tweets, and that the process would involve social emotional brain regions

The energy literate consumer The effects of consumption feedback and information on beliefs, knowledge and behaviour

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STRATIFICATION AND ECONOMIC INEQUALITY: EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE

Abstract: The main purpose of the research is to analyse the links between stratification and various forms of inequality, to identify the role of economic inequality in social stratification and forming the middle class in the context of the Republic of Moldova. The study is based on the Household budget survey data of the National Bureau of Statistics for the years 2011-2016. The analysis of the statistical data shows that despite the economic growth during the last years in the Republic of Moldova, the economic inequality is still high and is based on unequal distribution of goods and services, polarizing the society in a large number of poor population and a very small number of rich people, the middle class being only in the incipient phase of formation. The economic inequality is manifested through discrepancies between different regions, urban and rural areas, gender, age groups, family sizes etc. To reduce the economic inequality we need an integrated approach based on redistribution of income through progressive taxation (the richest people pay higher income taxes than the poor ones); development and implementation of inclusive social policies for increasing the access to mainstream and social services of the most disadvantaged groups of population, and increasing the social responsibilities of companies regarding the living standards and quality of life of their employeesNote: UDC: 316.34

STRATIFICATION AND ECONOMIC INEQUALITY: EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE

Abstract: The main purpose of the research is to analyse the links between stratification and various forms of inequality, to identify the role of economic inequality in social stratification and forming the middle class in the context of the Republic of Moldova. The study is based on the Household budget survey data of the National Bureau of Statistics for the years 2011-2016. The analysis of the statistical data shows that despite the economic growth during the last years in the Republic of Moldova, the economic inequality is still high and is based on unequal distribution of goods and services, polarizing the society in a large number of poor population and a very small number of rich people, the middle class being only in the incipient phase of formation. The economic inequality is manifested through discrepancies between different regions, urban and rural areas, gender, age groups, family sizes etc. To reduce the economic inequality we need an integrated approach based on redistribution of income through progressive taxation (the richest people pay higher income taxes than the poor ones); development and implementation of inclusive social policies for increasing the access to mainstream and social services of the most disadvantaged groups of population, and increasing the social responsibilities of companies regarding the living standards and quality of life of their employeesNote: UDC: 316.34

The Lothian Diary Project - Sep 2022

The Lothian Diary Project consists of 195 audio/video recordings collected between May 2020 and July 2021 from residents of Edinburgh and the Lothian counties in Scotland. The diaries comprise self-recorded monologues or semi-structured interviews in which participants discuss their experiences during different stages of the Covid-19 pandemic. Recordings were uploaded to an online survey that also collected consent, demographic information, and opinion regarding Covid-related policies. This archive contains all Lothian Diaries with maximum sharing consent (internet, TV, radio etc.) submitted to The Lothian Diary Project after 4 October 2020. There are 44 diaries submitted by participants who agree for their names to be made public (in folder 'Name_Public') and 42 by participants who would like to remain anonymous (in folder 'Anon_Public'). Some recordings were submitted in several parts. All diaries are identified by a unique participant ID (number). Diaries are stored in WAV format (audio) or MP4 format (video) and time-aligned transcriptions are stored in tab-delimited plain text files. All transcriptions were auto-generated and have been hand-corrected

The Lothian Diary Project - Oct 2020

The ongoing Lothian Diary Project consists of 125+ audio/video recordings collected since May 2020 from residents of Edinburgh and the Lothian counties in Scotland. The diaries comprise self-recorded monologues or semi-structured interviews in which participants discuss their experiences during different stages of the Covid-19 pandemic. Recordings were uploaded to an online survey that also collected consent, demographic information, and opinion regarding Covid-related policies. This archive contains all fully transcribed Lothian Diaries with maximum sharing consent (internet, TV, radio etc.) submitted to The Lothian Diary Project prior to 4 October 2020. There are 24 diaries submitted by participants who agree for their names to be made public (in folder 'Name_Public') and 21 by participants who would like to remain anonymous (in folder 'Anon_Public'). All diaries are identified by a unique participant ID (number). Diaries are stored in WAV format (audio) or MP4 format (video) and time-aligned transcriptions are stored in tab-delimited plain text files. All transcriptions were auto-generated and have been hand-corrected.Hall-Lew, Lauren; Cowie, Claire; McNulty, Stephen; Markl, Nina; Liu, Sarah; Lai, Catherine; Llewellyn, Clare; Fang, Nini; Elliott Slosarova, Zuzana; Klingler, Anita. (2021). The Lothian Diary Project - Oct 2020, 2020 [Dataset]. University of Edinburgh. https://doi.org/10.7488/ds/3009