Impact of Urban Grassroots’ Political Participation on Their Political Efficacy

Abstract

Abstract:

Political efficacy works as an essential indicator of the political system’s democracy and health during the process of constructing democracy at the grassroots level. Research has shown that certain forms of political participation exert positive or negative impact on an individual’s political efficacy; nevertheless, few studies have paid attention to China’s urban grassroots. Through literature review, the authors dichotomized political efficacy into internal and external parts, and political participation into educated and mobilized patterns. This paper quantitatively analyzed data from communities in Shanghai by multivariable linear regression and found that political efficacy was affected by different forms of grassroots’ participation.

Key words: political efficacy , political participation , urban grassroots’ community

Liu Fang | Shi Wenjie. Impact of Urban Grassroots’ Political Participation on Their Political Efficacy[J]. Chinese Journal of Sociology, 2012, 32(2): 223-242.

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