Citizenship Norms in Eastern Europe

Autor/inn/en	Coffe, Hilde; van der Lippe, Tanja
Titel	Citizenship Norms in Eastern Europe
Quelle	In: Social Indicators Research, 96 (2010) 3, S.479-496 (18 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0303-8300
DOI	10.1007/s11205-009-9488-8
Schlagwörter	Citizenship; Foreign Countries; Behavior Standards; Social Behavior; Definitions; Differences; Social Indicators; Sociometric Techniques; Comparative Analysis; Surveys; Correlation; Cross Cultural Studies; Citizen Participation; Citizen Role; Citizenship Responsibility; Czech Republic; Europe; Hungary; Poland; Slovenia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Staatsbürgerschaft; Ausland; Social behaviour; Soziales Verhalten; Begriffsbestimmung; Unterscheiden; Social indicator; Sozialer Indikator; Soziometrie; Survey; Umfrage; Befragung; Korrelation; Cultural comparison; Kulturvergleich; 'Citizen participation; Citizens'' participation'; Bürgerbeteiligung; Bürgerinitiative; Tschechische Republik; Europa; Ungarn; Polen; Slowenien
Abstract	Research on Eastern Europe stresses the weakness of its civil society and the lack of political and social involvement, neglecting the question: What do people themselves think it means to be a good citizen? This study looks at citizens' definitions of good citizenship in Poland, Slovenia, the Czech Republic and Hungary, using 2002 European Social Survey data. We investigate mean levels of civic mindedness in these countries and perform regression analyses to investigate whether factors traditionally associated with civic and political participation are also correlated with citizenship norms across Eastern Europe. We show that mean levels of civic mindedness differ significantly across the four Eastern European countries. We find some support for theories on civic and political participation when explaining norms of citizenship, but also demonstrate that individual-level characteristics are differently related to citizenship norms across the countries of our study. Hence, our findings show that Eastern Europe is not a monolithic and homogeneous bloc, underscoring the importance of taking the specificities of countries into account. (Contains 3 tables and 3 footnotes.) (As Provided).
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