Cascades or salmons? Longitudinal upstream and downstream effects of political participation

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2024
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Ohme, Jakob
Azrout, Rachid
Moeller, Judith
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Digitally networked and new, unconventional activities allow citizens to participate politically in activities that are low in the effort and risks they bear. At the same time, low-effort types of participation are more loosely connected to democratic political systems, thereby challenging established modes of political decision-making. This can set in motion two competing dynamics: While some citizens move closer to the political system in their activities (upstream effects), others engage in political activities more distant from it (downstream effects). This study investigates non-electoral participation trajectories and tests intra-individual change in political participation types over time, exploring whether such dynamics depend on citizens’ exposure to political information. Utilizing a three-wave panel survey (n = 3490) and random intercept cross-lagged panel models with SEM, we find more evidence for downstream effects but detect overall diverse participation trajectories over time and a potentially crucial role of elections for non-electoral participation trajectories.

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Ohme, J., Azrout, R., & Moeller, J. (2024). Cascades or salmons? Longitudinal upstream and downstream effects of political participation. Acta Politica. https://doi.org/10.1057/s41269-023-00325-3