Participation in Voluntary Associations and Value Indicators: The Effect of Current and Previous Participation Experiences
Participation in Voluntary Associations and Value Indicators: The Effect of Current and Previous Participation Experiences
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参与志愿协会和价值指标：当前和以前参与经历的影响
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2003
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M. Hooghe
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作者：
M. Hooghe
尽管大多数关于社会资本的文献都认为，自愿结社对民主政治文化的建立至关重要，但实证研究通常显示，成员身份对民主态度的影响很小。本文调查了这种弱关系可能是参与测量不充分的结果的可能性。为了验证这一假设，作者依靠了一项面对面调查的结果，该结果证明对比利时讲荷兰语的人口具有代表性。以前的成员资格对公民态度和政治赋权的感觉有很强的影响。这意味着对参与的全面衡量不应局限于当前的会员身份，而应包括被调查者的整个参与历史。
Although most of the literature on social capital argues that voluntary associations are of crucial importance for the establishment of a democratic political culture, empirical research usually reveals but a weak effect of membership on democratic attitudes. This article investigates the possibility that this weak relation might be the result of an inadequate measurement of participation. In testing this hypothesis, the author relies on the results of a face-to-face survey that proved to be representative for the Dutch-speaking population of Belgium. Previous memberships are shown to have strong effects on civic attitudes and feelings of political empowerment. This would imply that a full measurement of participation should not be limited to current membership status but should also include the entire participation history of the respondent.