Collective Political Action as Civic Voluntarism: Analysing Ethnic Associations as Political Participants by Translating Individual-level Theory to the Organizational Level |
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Authors: | Per Strömblad Bo Bengtsson |
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Affiliation: | 1. Department of Political Science, Linnaeus University, Kalmar, Swedenper.stromblad@lnu.se;3. Institute for Housing and Urban Research, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden;4. Department of Urban Studies, Malm? University, Malm?, Sweden |
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Abstract: | This article presents and empirically evaluates an analytical experiment in which we seek to translate individual-level explanations of differences in political participation to an organizational level. Utilizing the Civic Voluntarism Model, we analyse the consequences of voluntary associations’ politically valuable ‘resources’, ‘motivation’, and ‘recruitment networks’. Using data from a survey of ethnic associations in Stockholm, Sweden, results suggest that the overall logic of how associational-level political participation is encouraged resembles corresponding mechanisms on the individual level. We conclude that both our theoretical argument and empirical findings merit further analyses of civil society actors’ political participation with the approach taken in this study. |
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Keywords: | Voluntary associations ethnic associations political participation Civic Voluntarism Model (CVM) political resources political motivation political recruitment networks Stockholm |
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