Citizen-Initiated Contacting of Local Government Officials: A Multivariate Explanation

Autor:	Michael W. Hirlinger
Rok vydání:	1992
Předmět:	Politics Sociology and Political Science business.industry Political science Local government Subject (philosophy) Context (language use) Public relations business Referent Social psychology
Zdroj:	The Journal of Politics. 54:553-564
ISSN:	1468-2508 0022-3816
DOI:	10.2307/2132039
Popis:	Citizen-initiated contacting of local government officials represents a significant mode of political participation in an urban context. Efforts to explain the phenomena of "who contacts" have proven to be contradictory. In an attempt to clarify the issue, this research posits that different types of contacting behavior are subject to different explanatory models. By focusing on particularized and general referent contacting as two separate entities, several variations exist. In general, the analysis shows that particularized referent contacting is best explained by an interaction effect between an individual's perceived needs and political ties, while perceived efficacy is the most significant predictor of general referent contacting.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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