Führt Polarisierung zu politischem Engagement?

Kleiner, Tuuli-Marja

doi:10.1111/spsr.12215

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“…Little is known about the direct impact of attitude reinforcement on political behavior outside the electoral arena (Kleiner, 2016). Some characteristics of this relationship can be derived from research on (selective) exposure to likeminded viewpoints.…”

Section: Attitude Reinforcement and Political Participationmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Two scenarios are possible. (1) People whose attitude is reinforced over time may feel an increased desire to react in regard to the relevant policy issue (Kleiner, 2016). Anderson et al (2014) describe that the intensification of political attitudes goes along with making an issue appear 'ripe for a policy solution'.…”

Section: Attitude Reinforcement and Political Participationmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…(2) Most political issues that lead to diverging opinions go along with an increased level of societal conflict about the issue. It is therefore possible that a reinforcement of existing attitudes causes citizens to react with conflict avoidance or despair (Kleiner, 2016). Expressing an extreme political attitude in public (by means of participation) may appear risky, and research has found that avoiding conflict may be a reason for not participating politically (Ulbig & Funk, 1999).…”

Section: Attitude Reinforcement and Political Participationmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In one of the first studies on the democratic outcomes of political polarization, Kleiner (2016) examines public opinion reinforcement and connects it to the level of political participation in 88 European regions. She finds that a higher level of general, ideological polarization among the public is positively related to citizens' political activity in these regions.…”

Section: Attitude Reinforcement and Political Participationmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Algorithmic social media use and its relationship to attitude reinforcement and issue-specific political participation – The case of the 2015 European immigration movements

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“…; Hirschle & Kleiner ; Jesuit et al. ; Kestilä & Söderlund ; Kleiner ; McVeigh & Cunningham ; Oliver ; Vanhoutte & Hooghe ). Statistically, the subnational level offers the opportunity to broaden the analysis focus and to examine the relationship between polarisation and individual participation on a greater number of context units, increasing the reliability of the estimates (Meuleman & Billiet ; Freitag ).…”

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Public opinion polarisation and protest behaviour

Kleiner

2018

European J Political Res

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Does an increasing divide in normative notions within a population influence citizens’ political protest behaviour? This article explores whether public opinion polarisation stimulates individuals to attend lawful demonstrations. In line with relative deprivation theory, it is argued that in an environment of polarisation, individuals’ normative notions are threatened, increasing the probability that they will actively participate in the political decision‐making process. Using the European Social Survey from the period 2002–2014 and focusing on subnational regions, multilevel analyses are conducted. Thereby a new index to measure public opinion polarisation is introduced. Depending on the issue, empirical results confirm the effect of polarisation. While average citizens are not motivated to demonstrate over the issue of whether people from other countries are a cultural threat, they are motivated by the issues of reducing inequality and of homosexuality. The article goes on to examine in a second step whether ideological extremism makes individuals more susceptible to environmental opinion polarisation. Findings show that members of the far left are more likely to protest when their social environment is divided over the issue of income inequality. In contrast, members of the far right are motivated by rising polarisation regarding homosexuality. In sum, citizens become mobilised as their beliefs and values are threatened by public opinion polarisation.

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Party-System Polarization and Individual Perceptions of Party Differences: Two Divergent Effects on Turnout

Rossteutscher,

Stövsand

2024

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In this article, we argue that party-system polarization and subjective perceptions of ideological party differences are conceptually and empirically distinct phenomena that affect electoral participation differently. Looking at 84 elections worldwide, we show that party-system polarization, and the sharp conflicts associated with it, depresses turnout because many citizens are put off by extreme party positions and unrewarding polemics. By contrast, the individual perception of differences between parties increases turnout because more citizens can find a party that is close to their own position and identify others as being further away. These opposite effects are possible because party-system polarization leads only some individuals to perceive differences between parties but leads others to avoid the emotionalized political arena. Moreover, individuals' ability to recognize differences between parties is not necessarily a consequence of party-system polarization. The contradictory findings in previous research are due to a conceptual and empirical blurring of these two essentially different aspects.

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Führt Polarisierung zu politischem Engagement?

Cited by 4 publications

References 55 publications

Algorithmic social media use and its relationship to attitude reinforcement and issue-specific political participation – The case of the 2015 European immigration movements

Algorithmic social media use and its relationship to attitude reinforcement and issue-specific political participation – The case of the 2015 European immigration movements

Public opinion polarisation and protest behaviour

Party-System Polarization and Individual Perceptions of Party Differences: Two Divergent Effects on Turnout

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