Political Periods and Political Participation
Political Periods and Political Participation
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政治时期和政治参与
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发表时间：
1979
影响因子：
6.8
通讯作者：
B. Rockman
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作者：
P. Beck;W. J. Keefe;Warren E. Miller;R. Niemi;B. Rockman
对互补数据集的分析表明，就参与美国政治而言，20世纪60年代末和70年代初是一个偏离常态的时期。这项研究是1965-1973年对年轻人及其父母的小组研究，以及1956-1976年密歇根州总统选举系列。在此期间，年轻人在政治上比他们的长辈更活跃，与前几年相比，他们的参与大幅增加，意识形态左翼的美国人比那些在意识形态连续体上处于其他立场的人更多地参与其中。虽然这种左翼激进主义的激增并不局限于年轻人，但这可能解释了年轻人享有的相对参与优势。这些发现挑战了关于美国参与模式的“传统智慧”。最好的解释是，认识到美国公民采取政治行动的机会并不是固定的，而是随着不同时期政治刺激的变化而变化。
Analysis of complementary data sets, a 1965–1973 panel study of young adults and their parents and the 1956–1976 Michigan presidential election series, shows that the late 1960s and early 1970s were a deviant period where participation in American politics was concerned. During this time, the young were more active politically than their elders, substantially increasing their participation from previous years, and Americans on the ideological left participated more than those at other positions along the ideological continuum. While this surge of left-wing activism was not restricted to the young, it probably accounts for the relative participation advantage enjoyed by the young. These findings challenge the “conventional wisdom” about patterns of participation in America. They are best explained by recognizing that the opportunities for political action among the American citizenry are not fixed, but instead vary with changes in the political stimuli across different periods.