ICKE-TRADITIONELLT POLITISKT DELTAGANDE OCH DEMOKRATISKT FÖRTROENDE HOS UNGA OCH ÄLDRE MEDBORGARE I NUTID I SVERIGE.
Abstract
Earlier research has shown that young and adult citizens in Europe participate in politics in different ways. While adult citizens participate in more traditional ways, non-traditional ways are more frequent among younger citizens. Moreover, issue-based participation increases when Europeans turn away from mainstream politics. Citizens in the European Union EU-15 between 15-24 ages are likely to be “critical” citizens of a working democracy compared to people in older ages (Sloam, 2016). Voluntary political participation is crucial to ensure democratic stability among citizens and it is important that citizens believe in the principles of democracy in order to develop democratic trust (Rothstein, 2001) (Linde & Ekman, 2003). The purpose of this study was to investigate if there exists an interaction between nontraditional political participation and democratic trust and if it differs between young and older citizens. This was done by comparing two groups of citizens in Sweden between ages 18-30 and 31-84 using data from Swedish Institute of Society, Opinion and Media at Gothenburg University 2019. The results of the study showed no significant interaction between non-traditional political participation and democratic trust among younger and older citizens. Further studies on this subject are needed.
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Student essay
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Date
2024-10-21Author
Solberg-Carsjö, Johan
Keywords
regression analyzes, quantitative, non-traditional participation, democratic trust
Language
swe