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Citizenship and Civic Engagement: Attitudes and Behaviour in Britain

  1. Charles Pattie1,
  2. Patrick Seyd1,
  3. Paul Whiteley2

Article first published online: 29 OCT 2003

DOI: 10.1111/1467-9248.00435

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Political Studies

Political Studies

Volume 51, Issue 3, pages 443–468, October 2003

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Pattie, C., Seyd, P. and Whiteley, P. (2003), Citizenship and Civic Engagement: Attitudes and Behaviour in Britain. Political Studies, 51: 443–468. doi: 10.1111/1467-9248.00435

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  1. 1

    University of Sheffield

  2. 2

    University of Essex

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 29 OCT 2003
  2. Article first published online: 29 OCT 2003
  3. (Accepted: 20 March 2003)

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Analysis of patterns of participation revealed three dimensions of civic activism in modern Britain: individualistic activism; contact activism; and collective activism. Three alternative theories of participation were examined to account for these dimensions: general incentives; social capital; and civic voluntarism. None proved sufficient in itself to account for civic activism in modern Britain: each provided only part of the explanation.

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