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Younkins states that the system of individual liberty inherent within democratic capitalism supports the creation of voluntary associations, such as labour unions. [7]
- Civic Engagement in Voluntary Organizations and Political Participation
- Types of Political Participation
- Types of Voluntary Organizations
- Scope of Civic Engagement
- The Intensity of Civic Engagement
Voluntary organizations play a vital role in connecting citizens and the democratic political system. From the seminal writing of Alexis de Tocqueville (1840[2012]), Democracy in America, voluntary organizations have been acclaimed as “schools of democracy” that strengthen a democratic society (Dodge and Ospina 2016). De Tocqueville viewed voluntar...
In a democratic system, there are multiple ways to take part in politics, from an institutionalized type of participation like voting to a noninstitutionalized type such as demonstrating or boycotting. These types of political participation require different levels of effort and resources from participants (Verba et al. 1995). Nonetheless, the lite...
There are numerous types of voluntary organizations with different purposes and characteristics, but few studies have sought to identify which types are most effective in stimulating political participation. Due to the heterogeneity of voluntary organizations and political participation, the relationship between civic engagement and political parti...
As there are numerous voluntary organizations with different purposes, citizens are often members of multiple voluntary organizations for various reasons. Naturally, scholars have paid attention to the scope of civic engagement, often measured by “the number of affiliations to which one belongs” (Li and Zhang 2017), which assumes that a wider scope...
When citizens engage in voluntary organizations, not everyone engages enthusiastically. Some are very active and engage in activities every week. Those who are inactive may engage a few times a year or just pay membership fees. The intensity of civic engagement, how actively an individual engages in voluntary organizations, is a crucial aspect of m...
- Cheon Lee
- cl1105@scarletmail.rutgers.edu
- 2020
empirical work does not incorporate the likely reciprocal effect of democracy on as-sociations. A reciprocal effect is quite plau-sible because democratic institutions permit the formation of voluntary associations to a greater extent than do nondemocratic insti-tutions. While most theories stress the asso-ciations-to-democracy causal path, various
This article examines the impact of participation in associations on social capital using three dimensions: intensity (active vs. passive participation), scope (many vs. few affiliations) and type (nonpolitical vs. political purpose).
- Dag Wollebaek, Per Selle
- 2002
Mar 17, 2020 · Broadly speaking, proponents of social capital theory insist that social capital affects democracy in two ways: first, it can assist in creating democracy in a country which is not democratic and, second, it can preserve and maintain an already existing democracy (Paxton 2002, p. 257).
- Hewa Haji Khedir
- hewa.khedir@winchester.ac.uk
- 2020
An examination of the internal politics of voluntary associations is a vital, if neglected, means to understand their contribution (or lack thereof) to citizens' civic engagement.
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Jun 17, 2022 · It can be differentiated from traditional communist ideas of a proletarian democracy abolishing itself or withering away to be replaced by a stateless society of voluntary associations and convivial social relations.
