Embracing the democratic dance: Navigating the complex terrain of modern democracy

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Abstract

To understand if, and in case yes why, a shift from electoral to protest is taking place, we need to know what makes individuals choose the one type of activity over the other. However, while the relationship between electoral and protest politics has been theorised at the macro-level (e.g. Hutter, 2010) it is rarely studied at the individual level. This is remarkable given that the theoretical and empirical expectations as to what drives both electoral and protest participation overlap significantly (van Stekelenburg & Klandermans, 2023). Research that combines electoral and protest politics within one unified framework is urgently needed to understand changes in democratic engagement. There is only a handful of studies combining electoral and protest politics within a single framework, and they all come with limitations. To start with Barnes and Kaase’s (1979) classic study on democratic engagement; since then, the socio-political world has changed profoundly and so did democratic engagement, coined as the expansion of the repertoire of political participation (Theocharis & Van Deth, 2018). Moreover, these studies include only a small number of countries (Hutter, 2010; Teorell et al., 2007), or only Western democracies (Morales, 2009). A deep understanding of the evolution of democratic engagement requires, by definition, comparative research through time ánd across different democratic landscapes.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationWhat can Liberals and Democrats Fight with?
Subtitle of host publicationFinding a Winning Narrative in the High-stakes 2024 European Elections
Editors István Hegedűs, Erik Erik Uszkiewicz
Place of PublicationBudapest
PublisherMagyarországi Európa Társaság – Hungarian Europe Society
Chapter2
Pages49-58
Number of pages10
Publication statusPublished - 15 May 2024

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