Social networks and civic and political participation in six European cities. A quantitative study

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Autor(a) principal: Duin,Laura van
Data de Publicação: 2013
Outros Autores: Snel,Erik
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
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Resumo: This study examines the relation between the size and composition of social networks of people and the degree of civic and political participation using survey data of the GEITONIES-project in six European cities (Lisbon, Bilbao, Thessaloniki, Vienna, Warsaw and Rotterdam). In like with Robert Putnam's findings, we expected respondents with larger social networks to participate more. We also expected that respondents with bridging social networks (in particular with more interethnic social contacts) to participate more. We found that network size is indeed related to participation in voluntary work, but not to political participation (voting). Interethnic contacts do not contribute to civic or political participation. On the contrary, people with more intra-ethnic contacts participate more in voluntary work.
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spelling Social networks and civic and political participation in six European cities. A quantitative studyCivic participationpolitical participation and social networksThis study examines the relation between the size and composition of social networks of people and the degree of civic and political participation using survey data of the GEITONIES-project in six European cities (Lisbon, Bilbao, Thessaloniki, Vienna, Warsaw and Rotterdam). In like with Robert Putnam's findings, we expected respondents with larger social networks to participate more. We also expected that respondents with bridging social networks (in particular with more interethnic social contacts) to participate more. We found that network size is indeed related to participation in voluntary work, but not to political participation (voting). Interethnic contacts do not contribute to civic or political participation. On the contrary, people with more intra-ethnic contacts participate more in voluntary work.Centro de Estudos Geográficos2013-06-01info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articletext/htmlhttp://scielo.pt/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0430-50272013000200005Finisterra - Revista Portuguesa de Geografia n.96 2013reponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAPenghttp://scielo.pt/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0430-50272013000200005Duin,Laura vanSnel,Erikinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess2024-02-06T16:57:57Zoai:scielo:S0430-50272013000200005Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-20T02:14:55.103881Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse
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title Social networks and civic and political participation in six European cities. A quantitative study
spellingShingle Social networks and civic and political participation in six European cities. A quantitative study
Duin,Laura van
Civic participation
political participation and social networks
title_short Social networks and civic and political participation in six European cities. A quantitative study
title_full Social networks and civic and political participation in six European cities. A quantitative study
title_fullStr Social networks and civic and political participation in six European cities. A quantitative study
title_full_unstemmed Social networks and civic and political participation in six European cities. A quantitative study
title_sort Social networks and civic and political participation in six European cities. A quantitative study
author Duin,Laura van
author_facet Duin,Laura van
Snel,Erik
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author2 Snel,Erik
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Snel,Erik
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Civic participation
political participation and social networks
topic Civic participation
political participation and social networks
description This study examines the relation between the size and composition of social networks of people and the degree of civic and political participation using survey data of the GEITONIES-project in six European cities (Lisbon, Bilbao, Thessaloniki, Vienna, Warsaw and Rotterdam). In like with Robert Putnam's findings, we expected respondents with larger social networks to participate more. We also expected that respondents with bridging social networks (in particular with more interethnic social contacts) to participate more. We found that network size is indeed related to participation in voluntary work, but not to political participation (voting). Interethnic contacts do not contribute to civic or political participation. On the contrary, people with more intra-ethnic contacts participate more in voluntary work.
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