Barriers to older people’s participation in local governance: The impact of diversity

Petriwskyj, Andrea; Serrat, Rodrigo; Warburton, Jennifer; Everingham, Jo-Anne; Cuthill, Michael

doi:10.1080/03601277.2017.1293391

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“…In future research projects, we hope to build upon the work of Peterson and Somit (1992) and Petriwskyj et al. (2017), further exploring the political behavior of older Americans of color.…”

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The new older adult participant in American politics

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Bramlett

2021

Social Science Quarterly

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This article analyzes the politics of older Americans in the 21st century. Older Americans have been significantly involved in American politics, relative to younger generations. Political participation typically increases with age, even ramping up during the early period of older adulthood. However, past work has indicated that political participation drops off due to frailty and loss of cognition in the latest years of the life span. And, yet, people are living longer than in previous decades when much of the past research on this relationship was conducted. We want to know whether these relationships remain consistent and want to especially analyze the old–old, a growing age group that has been difficult to study in the past due to their low numbers in traditional surveys. With tens of thousands of respondents, survey data from the Cooperative Election Studies from 2008 to 2020 allow us to analyze these older groups in recent years, across types of participation and party affiliation. We find that there is not much of a dip in political activity among the old–old. They are still quite active, particularly when it comes to donating money to campaigns and voting. Additionally, through analyzing birth cohorts, we find that political activity gradually increases as people age through their 60s and 70s and does not notably decline when they move into the old–old age group.

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The new older adult participant in American politics

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Bramlett

2021

Social Science Quarterly

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“…As is the case with many empirical studies, this study also has its limitations. The diversity of local political structures, living environments, and older populations themselves is extremely wide and the mutual relationships between these components extremely complicated on many levels of analysis (Petriwskyj et al, 2017). For the sake of clarity, we have restricted our attention to just a small range of these empirical relationships.…”

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Older Adults and Civic Engagement in Rural Areas of the Czech Republic

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2018

European Countryside

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Older adults represent a specific group of political and civic actors. In one line of argument, the growing number of people over 65 is gaining stronger voice and representation, and plays a stronger role in social, economic and political life and changes in societies. Another approach points to the social exclusion of older adults and their "oppressed voices". Using a representative survey of the Czech rural population age 60+, Quality of Life of Seniors in Rural Areas (2016), we looked at the level and forms of civic engagement of older adults and their perceptions in rural areas. We found these attitudes associated with the "locus of control" as an indicator of agency and with place attachment. Some sociodemographic characteristics (being younger, having higher education) increase the probability of older adults' civic participation in rural areas. The results enhance our knowledge on rural social networks in later life and point to untapped potential of older adults in the local contexts.Souhrn: Starší lidé představují specifickou skupinu politických a občanských aktérů. V jednom pohledu je zvyšující se počet osob starších 65 let považován za hlavního hybatele sociálních a politických změn v demokratických společnostech, jiné argumenty naopak poukazují na sociální vyloučení starších osob a "umlčené hlasy". S využitím reprezentativního empirického šetření venkovských respondentů 60+ v České republice "Kvalita života seniorů na venkově" (2016) analyzujeme občanské a politické zapojení seniorů v lokálním kontextu a jejich pohled na výkon lokální samosprávy ve vesnických oblastech. Zjišťujeme, že tyto postoje jsou spojeny s konceptem místa kontroly jako indikátoru aktérství a s přináležitostí k místu. Vybrané sociodemografické charakteristiky (mladší senioři, s vyšším vzděláním) pak v rurálním kontextu zvyšují pravděpodobnost občanské angažovanosti.

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“…This is partially due to the omission or underrepresentation in household surveys of some people most at risk of social exclusion (Levitas et al 2007). Diversity shapes aspects such as who takes part (Petriwskyj et al 2017) and who benefits from engagement (Morrow-Howell et al 2009), or in which ways older people participate (Nesteruk and Price 2011). Research and policy initiatives aimed at reducing older people's exclusion from civic engagement may consider the particular challenges that potentially marginalised groups of older people may confront to their full inclusion in civic activities, including older migrants (Torres and Serrat 2019), older people living in long-term care institutions (Villar et al in this volume), the oldest old (Kruse and Schmitt 2015), or older people experiencing health problems or disabilities (Principi et al 2016).…”

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Reconceptualising Exclusion from Civic Engagement in Later Life: Towards a New Research Agenda

Serrat

Scharf

Villar

2021

International Perspectives on Aging

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Social exclusion in later life remains a major challenge for ageing societies. Despite widespread acceptance of its multidimensional nature, research and policy debates have tended to focus on exclusion from material resources or social relations, overlooking other recognised dimensions of social exclusion. In this context, exclusion from civic engagement has been the least studied dimension. In this chapter, we argue that future research and policy initiatives should pay attention to four key dimensions of older people’s exclusion from civic engagement. First, we need to embrace the multidimensionality of the concept of civic engagement, which includes a range of qualitatively different activities. Second, it is essential to account for the diversity of the older population, since this shapes who is able to engage civically and in which ways. Third, attention should be paid to the dynamics and experiences of engagement across the life course, in order to understand better civic engagement trajectories. Fourth, we need to consider exclusion from civic engagement as a culturally-embedded process that is largely shaped by the particular socio-political context in which engagement occurs. We provide examples of recent research covering these dimensions of exclusion from civic engagement and conclude by proposing areas of further inquiry.

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Barriers to older people’s participation in local governance: The impact of diversity

Cited by 15 publications

References 24 publications

The new older adult participant in American politics

The new older adult participant in American politics

Older Adults and Civic Engagement in Rural Areas of the Czech Republic

Reconceptualising Exclusion from Civic Engagement in Later Life: Towards a New Research Agenda

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