Joining Political Organisations: Institutions, Mobilisation and Participation in Western Democracies

Laura Morales-diez De ulzu; L. Morales

Joining Political Organisations: Institutions, Mobilisation and Participation in Western Democracies

Laura Morales-diez De ulzu
, L. Morales

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Abstract

From political parties to environmental organisations, citizens join a host of associations in order to influence policymaking and political agendas. Yet why in some western democracies do citizens join political organisations much more than in others? Drawing on a large number of crossnational surveys and data sets, Morales shows that huge crossnational variations in political membership are not so much related to social or attitudinal differences between these countries' citizens, but are explained to a great extent by the structure of the political system of each nation.

Original language	English
Place of Publication	Colchester
Publisher	ECPR Press
Number of pages	264
ISBN (Print)	978-0-9552488-9-4
Publication status	Published - Apr 2009

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SDG 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

Keywords

political behaviour
political participation
comparative politics
political institutions
survey analysis

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