1. Social networks and political participation in a Sicilian community context
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Simona Gozzo and Rosario D'Agata
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social participation ,050402 sociology ,motivational sphere ,Linkage (mechanical) ,law.invention ,Politics ,Cluster analysis ,0504 sociology ,law ,050602 political science & public administration ,General Materials Science ,Relevance (information retrieval) ,Sociology ,Dimension (data warehouse) ,Cognitive map ,centrality measures ,05 social sciences ,Perspective (graphical) ,MCA ,16. Peace & justice ,Social engagement ,Ego-network ,0506 political science ,political choice ,politically relevant social capital ,ego-network measures ,political participation ,Social psychology ,multinomial logistic regression ,Social capital - Abstract
This study shows the linkage between political and social participation, underlining the relevance of the motivational sphere. The aim is to evaluate politically relevant social capital by adopting a relational perspective and ego-network measures, so that we can understand the interdependence between cognitive maps, motivational factors and relational dimension, both in qualitative and quantitative dimensions.
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- 2010
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