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Types of political participation: A multidimensional analysis
Author(s) -
SABUCEDO JOSE MANUEL,
ARCE CONSTANTINO
Publication year - 1991
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.1475-6765.1991.tb00257.x
Subject(s) - typology , politics , voting , multidimensional scaling , cluster (spacecraft) , perception , sociology , political science , psychology , law , computer science , mathematics , statistics , neuroscience , anthropology , programming language
. Studies of political participation have traditionally differentiated conventional from non‐conventional, legal from illegal, modes of participation. In this paper we to develop a more complex scheme, using the technique of multidimensional scaling (MDS). We look at the perceptions that individuals hold about different forms of political participation that range from voting to armed violence and include other legal or illegal manifestations. The results show the existence of two meaningful underlying dimensions. The first relates to ‘within‐system’versus ‘out‐of‐system’activities; the second relates to ‘progressive’versus ‘conservative’activities. A cluster analysis is then used to develop a typology of political participation.