The Cognitive Mobilization Index
Author(s) -
Antonio Alaminos,
Clemente Penalva Verdú
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
sage open
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.357
H-Index - 32
ISSN - 2158-2440
DOI - 10.1177/2158244012440437
Subject(s) - mobilization , cognition , politics , socialization , index (typography) , political science , political socialization , psychology , political mobilization , social psychology , american political science , law , computer science , neuroscience , world wide web
This article shows how the cognitive mobilization index, designedfor use in observing potential political participation, can be used as an indicator ofthe political climate that a particular society is going through. Following a discussionof the theoretical elaborations (and their working definitions) of the concept ofcognitive mobilization, a longitudinal study of various European countries is used toconsider the question of how political crises influence cognitive mobilization indexesand what effects they have on the political socialization process among the youngestcohorts
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