Freitag, 14. Oktober 2016, 18:30 - 20:00 iCal
Public Talk: Between Activism and Apathy
Discussing Future Pathways of Political Participation
Sigrid Baringhorst (University of Siegen)
Dan Mercea (City University London)
Tina Olteanu (University of Vienna)
Moderator
Tobias Spöri (University of Vienna)
osteuropa.univie.ac.at/konferenzen/
Unicampus/Altes AKH, Hof 3, Hörsaal des Instituts für Osteuropäische Geschichte (HS2REG07)
Spitalgasse 2, 1090 Wien
Diskussion, Round Table
Democratic theorists highlight the importance of citizens’ participation in politics. Diverse participatory channels such as voting, engagement in political organisations or protesting are available to citizens to make their voices heard in politics. Over the last decades, two parallel developments are predominantly discussed in terms of political participation: rising political apathy, for instance decreasing electoral turnout, and highly active citizens organizing demonstrations, online-petitions or flash-mobs. Those trends are challenges for representative democracies as well as academics researching political participation.
The aim of the public talk is to debate those counter-intuitive trends in political participation ranging from passive citizens to versatile activists.
- What does decreasing electoral turnout mean for representative democracies in the 21st century?
- Do citizens nowadays participate less or just differently?
- Which potentials does the Internet bear for mobilizing citizens to participate more?
- How can future research tackle the new trends in political participation in an innovative way?
- Can new forms of participation overcome common patterns of social hierarchy or do they replicate and even amplify them?
An international panel of experts in the field:
Sigrid Baringhorst (University of Siegen)
Dan Mercea (City University London)
Tina Olteanu (University of Vienna)
Moderator
Tobias Spöri (University of Vienna)
The Public Talk is part of the conference "Innovation in Political Participation and Social Movement Research –
Challenging Theoretical and Methodological Boundaries" that will take place from October 14th -15th 2016 at the Department of Political Science.
Veranstalter
Kontakt
Michael Hunklinger
Institut für Politikwissenschaft
01427747747
michael.hunklinger@univie.ac.at
Erstellt am Dienstag, 11. Oktober 2016, 13:05
Letzte Änderung am Dienstag, 10. Januar 2017, 13:29