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Cultural capital and political participation in Britain
In a blog for UK in a Changing Europe I argue that people who are politically active often have particular cultural tastes and habits that make them look quite distinct from others. This is important because cultural capital is often highly visible so we can see when people have different types from our own. [Read more]
27 May 2021
Survey Variable: Discussion of Politics
Beyond taking an interest in politics, we might think of discussing it as the next step in political engagement. Indeed, we could reasonably go as far as to describe discussing politics as a political act, given that it involves interacting with others and can often have an element of trying to persuade them of something.Continue reading “Survey Variable: Discussion of Politics”
Survey Variable: Political Interest
Beyond asking about whether people think politics is for people like them, and whether they think of themselves as political, the survey also asked about whether they are interested in politics. These are all distinct questions, but people’s answers are likely to be closely related. It is worth asking all of them, however, so thatContinue reading “Survey Variable: Political Interest”
Survey Variable: Political Person
In addition to asking whether ‘politics is for people like you’, the survey asked each respondent whether they consider themselves to be a ‘political person.’ These two questions both focus on people’s relationship with politics but the second shifts the focus from the general accessibility of the system to individual dispositions. The order of theContinue reading “Survey Variable: Political Person”
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