LA PARTICIPACIÓN POLÍTICA EN ESPAÑA: MODOS Y NIVELES EN PERSPECTIVA COMPARADA

Authors

  • MARIANO TORCAL
  • JOSÉ RAMÓN MONTERO
  • JAN TEORELL

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18042/45507

Keywords:

Political participation, voting, political representation, protest, consumers and political parties.

Abstract

This article proposes a new typology for modalities of political participation. It gives an empirical comparison of thirteen European democracies and suggests going beyond most used typologies. This proposal is built upon the discussion of two dimensions that have an important impact on such participation: the use of traditional representative or extra-representative mechanisms and the use of mechanisms based on ordered debate or on protest demonstrations. The interaction between these two dimensions enables us to distinguish five types of political participation: voting, contact, party activities, protest activities and consumer participation. The rest of the article compares the levels of these modalities in Spain and in some of its Autonomous Communities.

Published

2008-03-24

Issue

Section

ARTICLES