Political Activity
In: Public management: PM, Band 78, Heft 8, S. 2
ISSN: 0033-3611
In: Public management: PM, Band 78, Heft 8, S. 2
ISSN: 0033-3611
Political activity is a type of social activity displayed by citizens. Observations and research indicate that gender can be a factor which conditions its degree and forms. Apart from biological gender, which shapes the societal roles of women and men, additional factors that are supposedly responsible for their activities include elements of the system of beliefs (i.e. acknowledged political values, conviction that political activity has an importance, level of satisfaction with democracy as well as individualism and collectivism understood as an element of individual's mentality). The impact of those factors on degree of conventional political activities among women and men is the subject of surveys which were conducted in 2004, 2010, and 2014 on a group of 1048 students from Polish universities. The received results show that differences in political activity between surveyed men and women as well as varying determinants in both groups are slowly fading away. The most important predictors of women's political activity include: conviction of its significance in democracy and (dis)satisfaction with the way it functions.
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In: The annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, Band 391, S. 83-96
ISSN: 0002-7162
This study examines the att's of citizens to actions that might be taken under hyp'al conditions of gov'al oppression. A technique called Polarized Subgroup Analysis (PSA) was used to divide a nat'l sample of adults (N= 1,200, 18 yrs of age or older) into groups that varied in the amount of systemic punishment that they had experienced. Those who had experienced greater amounts of systemic punishment were less pol'ly active & more rigid in the modes of action that they had utilized. They were more rigid psychol'ly & had higher levels of endorsement of official internal & internat'l use of force. A theory of reduced alternatives is proposed, which hyp'izes that systemic punishment leads to a reduction in pol'al activity as well as behavioral & psychol'al rigidity. It is this rigidity that leads to anxiety over complex situations & increased dependency upon & subsequent identification with authority to reduce the anxiety. This identification then results in greater endorsement of official uses of force, as well as reduced opposition to gov'al oppression. Opposition to gov requires a wide range of pol'al alternatives, which reduces anxiety & dependence & the need for identification. The conditions under which withdrawal (alienation) may occur are briefly discussed. Evidence is given that nonwhites in the US do not identify with authority. (See also SA 0829/E9781.) Modified HA.
In: The annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, Band 391, Heft 1, S. 83-96
ISSN: 1552-3349
This study examines the attitudes of citizens to actions that might be taken under hypothetical conditions of governmental oppression. A technique called Polarized Sub group Analysis (PSA) was used to divide a national sample of adults into groups that varied in the amount of systemic pun ishment that they had experienced. Those who had experi enced greater amounts of systemic punishment were less politi cally active and more rigid in the modes of action that they had utilized. They were more rigid psychologically and had higher levels of endorsement of official internal and international uses of force. A theory of reduced alternatives is proposed, which hypothe sizes that systemic punishment leads to a reduction in political activity as well as behavioral and psychological rigidity. It is this rigidity that leads to anxiety over complex situations and increased dependency upon and subsequent identification with authority to reduce the anxiety. This identification then re sults in greater endorsement of official uses of force, as well as reduced opposition to governmental oppression. Opposition to government requires a wide range of political alternatives, which reduces anxiety and dependence and the need for identi fication. The conditions under which withdrawal (alienation) may occur are briefly discussed. Evidence is given that non- whites in the United States do not identify with authority.
In: Public management: PM, Band 77, Heft 7, S. 2
ISSN: 0033-3611
In: Public management: PM, Band 77, Heft 12, S. 3
ISSN: 0033-3611
In: Polity, Band 9, Heft 1, S. 40-62
ISSN: 1744-1684
In: Politics, Band 15, Heft 2, S. 135-140
ISSN: 1467-9256
A polemic is presented, arguing that the traditional lecture (in which the teacher speaks all or most of the time) is both educationally ineffective and in part a political authoritarian act. For those teachers and students who accept this interpretation two suggested directions are outlined. One is to change the form of the lecture to include more student centred activities. Alternatively staff can develop courses with few or no lectures. In conclusion I argue that aspects of the politics of higher education obstruct teachers and students who wish to teach and learn in these more effective ways.
In: Talking politics: a journal for students and teachers of politics, Band 10, Heft 2, S. 140
ISSN: 0955-8780
In: Przegląd politologiczny: kwartalnik = Political science review, Heft 4, S. 7-23
ISSN: 1426-8876
Vols. 3-4 are loose-leaf. ; v. 1. Introduction. Federal cases.--v. 2. State cases.--v. 3. Case supplement.--v. 4. Instructions, appendix, index-digest, and cumulative supplement. ; Mode of access: Internet.
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In: Political theory: an international journal of political philosophy, Band 3, Heft 1, S. 53-68
ISSN: 0090-5917
ANALYSIS OF TACITUS' DIALOGUE INDICATES TACITUS' CONCERN WITH THE CHANGING NATURE OF POLITICAL ACTIVITY UNDER VARIOUS POLITICAL REGIMES. THE TRANSITION FROM THE ROMAN REPUBLIC TO THE TYRANNY OF THE PRINCIPATE NECESSITATED THE CHAGE FROM A RELIANCE ON ORATORY TO A RELIANCE ON ART AS THE NEW MODE OF POLITICAL ACTIVITY.
In: FSU College of Law, Law, Business & Economics Paper
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Working paper
In: American behavioral scientist: ABS, Band 6, Heft 5, S. 5-8
ISSN: 1552-3381
The results of some research by the authors, members of the faculty at New York University, are unpleasant to the many who believe political activity can be engendered by one or another method of pedagogy.