Self-reported health and democratic innovations: the case of the citizens’ initiative in Finland
| Autor: | Maija Jäske, Maija Setälä, Henrik Serup Christensen |
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| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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Economic growth
media_common.quotation_subject 05 social sciences Comparative politics Sign (semiotics) Democracy 0506 political science 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Finnish population National election Political science Political Science and International Relations 050602 political science & public administration 030212 general & internal medicine Political philosophy health care economics and organizations media_common |
| Zdroj: | European Political Science. 18:291-308 |
| ISSN: | 1682-0983 1680-4333 |
| DOI: | 10.1057/s41304-018-0167-6 |
| Popis: | This study examines the association between self-reported health and the propensity for supporting citizens’ initiatives in Finland. Democratic innovations such as the citizens’ initiative provide novel ways for citizens to express their preferences, but whether people in poor health make use of such possibilities remains unclear. The data come from the Finnish National Election Study (FNES2015), a cross-sectional representative sample of the Finnish population. The results suggest that self-reported health affects the propensity to sign citizens’ initiatives, but the effect depends on age since it mobilizes young citizens in poor health, whereas the impact on older generations is negligible. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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