Municipality size, political efficacy and political participation: a systematic review
Municipality size, political efficacy and political participation: a systematic review
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市镇规模、政治效能和政治参与：系统回顾
DOI：
10.1080/03003930.2019.1600510
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发表时间：
2019
影响因子：
1.9
通讯作者：
J. McDonnell
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作者：
J. McDonnell
地方政府是民主的训练场，这是一句古老的格言。它的人性化规模意味着政治业余爱好者可以为一个国家的政治做出有效而有意义的贡献。但在一个似乎被推动将地方政府整合为更大单位的政治气候下，一个不那么地方化的地方政府还能吸引有效和参与的公民吗？本文探讨了城市人口规模对民主文化两个重要方面的影响：政治效能和政治参与。通过两部分的系统回顾，本文考察了现有的实证文献如何影响规模与这两个方面之间的关系，并假设政治效能在规模和参与之间发挥中介作用。调查结果是明确的：小城市的公民有更强的政治效能感，参与地方政治的程度也更高。
ABSTRACT It is an old adage that local government is a training ground for democracy. Its human scale means that political amateurs can contribute effectively and meaningfully to the politics of a state. But in a political climate seemingly driven to consolidate local government into ever larger units, can a not so local local government still elicit an efficacious and participatory citizenry? This paper explores the effect of municipality population size on two important aspects of democratic culture: political efficacy and political participation. Via a two-part systematic review, the paper examines how extant empirical literature bears on the relationship between size and both of these aspects, hypothesising that political efficacy plays a mediating role between size and participation. The findings are unequivocal: citizens of smaller municipalities feel a greater sense of political efficacy and participate to a greater degree in local politics.
为什么政治很重要：让民主发挥作用
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发表时间：
2016
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作者：
Stoker
通讯作者：
Stoker