Patterns of Participation: Engagement among Ethnic Minorities and the Native Population in Oslo and Stockholm

When Does Sexuality-Based Discrimination Motivate Political Participation?

“…A growing body of scholarly research suggests that discrimination by political institutions motivates political participation (Barreto & Woods, ; Dawson, ; Miller, Gurin, Gurin, & Malanchuk, ; Pantoja, Ramirez, & Segura, ; Ramakrishnan, ; Ramirez, ; Stokes, ; Tate, ; Valenzuela & Michelson, ; Verba & Nie, ). However, data based on reports of discrimination are problematic, potentially reflecting accepting contexts where marginalized people can support each other (Kaiser & Miller, ; Myrberg & Rogstad, ; Stangor, Swim, Van Allen, & Sechrist, ). Another body of research in social psychology suggests that discrimination leads to feelings of depression and social rejection and a lower likelihood of participation (Branscombe, Schmitt, & Harvey, ; Dion & Earn, ; Finch, Kolody, & Vega, ; Maciejewski, Prigerson, & Mazure, ; Oskooii, ; Smith & Betz, ; Whitbeck, McMorris, Hoyt, Stubben, & LaFromboise, ).…”

“…Myrberg and Rogstad () find correlations between reporting discrimination and having political contacts as well as “low voice protests” (like product boycotts, petition signing, donating money), but not voting and “high voice protests” (like marching in protests and joining organizations). They note that high socioeconomic status people (who also are the same people who have more political contacts) may be more likely to report.…”

When Policy Meets Practice: A Study of Ethnic Community-Based Organizations for Children and Youth

“…Studies from the Nordic countries show that central elements of the Nordic tradition of organizing the voluntary sector are applied to ethnic community-based organizations (Borevi 2004;Pyykkonen 2007;Predelli 2008;Hagelund and Loga 2009;Bay et al 2010;Ødegård 2010;Kugelberg 2011;Myrberg and Rogstad 2011;Takle 2014). When we place the ethnic community-based organizations for children and youth in our study in the wider context of the Nordic tradition of civil society, we recognize these central characteristics.…”

EU nationals in the UK after BREXIT

“…In this interpretation, engagement crosses over into the realm of participation, which nonetheless differs from engagement in its emphasis on action, influence and change, but could be conceived as being 'a manifest form of engagement' (Montgomery 2015, 74). Participation, in its turn, could mean a myriad of things, including loud-voiced (strikes, public protests, party membership) and low-voiced protest acts (donations, boycotts and petition support), according to Myrberg and Rogstad (2011). However, it is important, as Montgomery points out, to steer away from narrow conceptions of political participation, which emphasize activism and the exercise of political rights, as it could obscure 'unconventional forms of political participation, various sources of civil engagement and the recourse to utilise new technologies in participation and engagement.'…”