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%T Aktivní občanství a spokojenost s demokracií v Evropě %A Lebeda, Tomáš %A Vlachová, Klára %J Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review %N 1 %P 11-34 %V 42 %D 2006 %K Political Participation %= 2009-10-14T11:58:00Z %> https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-56368 %X In this article the authors describe what forms of political participation, outside the electoral process, the populations of twenty-one European countries tend to employ & to what degree. They identify three types of non-electoral political participation: active-conventional, active-demonstrational, & passive participation. Overall non-electoral political participation is considerably lower in the post-communist & Mediterranean countries than in the Western European & Scandinavian countries. In the latter countries the passive type of political participation is clearly a much stronger form of participation than the other two types. Conversely, in the Mediterranean countries passive participation is weaker & is exceeded in places by the active-conventional type of participation. The Mediterranean area is also notable for the unusually strong presence of the active-demonstrational type of participation. The authors also examine the social micro- & macro-conditions related to these three types of political participation. In conclusion they attempt to address the question of whether there is a connection between political activity & satisfaction with the way democracy works. %C MISC %G cs %9 journal article %W GESIS - http://www.gesis.org %~ SSOAR - http://www.ssoar.info