Postmaterialism and Political Participation in Spain

One of the conclusions of Inglehart's work is that postmaterialism leads to higher rates of political action. Particularly, postmaterialists are opposed to the established social order and support citizen input in government decisions in a horizontal way. These attitudes would be associated wit...

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Published in:South European society & politics 2009-06, Vol.14 (2), p.167-190
Main Authors: Cantijoch, Marta, San Martin, Josep
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Associations
Citizen participation
Elections
electoral participation
Empirical research
participation in associations
Political culture
Political Participation
Political sociology
Political systems, parties and institutions
Post-materialism
Postmaterialism
Sociology
Spain
State-society relations
unconventional participation
Voting turnout
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Summary:One of the conclusions of Inglehart's work is that postmaterialism leads to higher rates of political action. Particularly, postmaterialists are opposed to the established social order and support citizen input in government decisions in a horizontal way. These attitudes would be associated with unconventional political participation. The objective of this article is to examine to what extent this holds true in the Spanish case in the period 1980-2000. The authors' analysis reveals that in Spain there has not been a systematic rejection of electoral participation as a result of the rise of postmaterialism. Nevertheless, postmaterialists are more likely to engage in unconventional participation and participation in new associations.
ISSN:1360-8746
1743-9612
DOI:10.1080/13608740903037901