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MODULE 4: POLITICAL PARTICIPATION - Coggle Diagram
MODULE 4: POLITICAL PARTICIPATION
Forms
Protests
Legal
Stop the War Coalition (2003)
Nonviolent 'civil disobedience'
Extinction Rebellion
Fathers 4 Justice
Petitions
Paper
Street activism
Digital
Parliaments Petitions Website
Other websites
Communicating with Rep
Email
Letter
Formal way, often evokes response
Social Media
Facebook
Doesn't censor political ads
Twitter
Personal
MP's Office Staff
Instagram
Seeing work of MP
Controlled by PR
Bypasses traditional media
Fax
Call in Radio
Attend surgeries
In person
MP Case work
Time consuming?
Pressure Group
Insider
CBI
Outsider
Greenpeace
Sectional
Trade Unions
NUT
NUM
RCN
Interest
CAMRA
STOP AIDS Campaign
NO2ID
Boycott / Divestment / Sanction
Membership
Long term decline
Other forms of participation
Cost
Time
Money (fees)
Recent increase
Divergence of parties
New Social Media
Engages voters more
Slacktivist
Card Holder / Does Nothing
Activist
Donates time
Knocks on Doors
Mans phone banks
Leaflet drops
Helps bus voters
Appears for photo shoots
Turnout
% of Electorate
Long term decline
High of 80%+ circa 1950
Gradual decline 60's, 70s, 80s
Collapse 2001 for low of 59%
Short term increase
Since 2005
Policy divergence
Referendums
New Media
Except 2019 (Winter)
Bad weather
Darker evenings/mornings
Not exceeded 70%
Voter Behaviour Models
Social Class Alignment
Less useful since 1990s
Upper
Middle
Working/Lower
Geographical
Educational
Ethnic Background
Rational Choice
Valence
Consumer choice