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An Explanatory Model for Differing Types of Participation *
Author(s) -
MULLER EDWARD N.
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
european journal of political research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.267
H-Index - 95
eISSN - 1475-6765
pISSN - 0304-4130
DOI - 10.1111/j.1475-6765.1982.tb00001.x
Subject(s) - explanatory model , democracy , politics , uncorrelated , civil disobedience , econometrics , survey data collection , positive economics , political science , economics , law , statistics , mathematics
Democratic participation (conventional and unconventional methods of legal political activity in democracies) and aggressive participation (civil disobedience and political violence) are analytically distinct types of political behaviour. Previous explanatory models have assumed (usually implicitly) that these types of behaviour are uncorrelated. But an accumulation of recent research evidence shows them to be correlated expirically; therefore an important current priority of political participation research is development of integrated model to explain both types. Using 1974 survey data from the Federal Republic of Germany. a preliminary simultaneous‐equation model is specified and tested.