01-05-2009
30-04-2012
The project drew on the disciplines of Psychology, Politics, Sociology, Social Policy and Education to examine macro-level contextual factors (including historical, political, electoral, economic and policy factors), proximal social factors (including familial, educational and media factors) and psychological factors (including motivational, cognitive, attitudinal and identity factors) which facilitate and/or inhibit civic and political engagement and participation.
The project had a distinct focus on the psychology of the individual citizen and the psychological processes through which macro-level contextual factors and proximal social factors exert their effects upon citizens’ civic and political engagement and participation.
Young people, women, minorities and migrants were examined as four specific groups at risk of political disengagement. The research explored the differences as well as the overlap between civic and political engagement, and both direct and representative participation.
As part of the project, multi-level process models of civic and political engagement and participation were constructed to explain how and why different forms and interpretations of democratic ownership and participation develop or are hampered among citizens living in different European countries and contexts.
Particular attention was paid to relevant phenomena at local, national and EU levels. Stakeholders at all three levels were involved in the work to ensure that the research addressed issues of concern to them and to ensure that the policy implications and recommendations which emerged from the research were relevant to their needs.
PCEP - Participation, Communities and Political Education
https://pidop.surrey.ac.uk/index.htm
Comissão Europeia
Project Number 225282
University of Surrey UNSURREY Reino Unido
Ankara University UANKARA Turquia
CIIE | Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação da Universidade do Porto FPCEUP Portugal
Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena FSUJ Alemanha
Masaryk University UMASARYK República Checa
Örebro University UOREBRO Suécia
Queen's University Belfast QUB Reino Unido
Università di Bologna UBOLOGNA Itália
Université de Liège ULIEGE Bélgica