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Kateřina Vráblíková (vrabliko@fss.muni.cz ) Center for the Study of Democracy, UC, Irvine

Non- electoral Political Participation, Mobilization and Political Opportunity Structure in Western Democracies. Kateřina Vráblíková (vrabliko@fss.muni.cz ) Center for the Study of Democracy, UC, Irvine Institute for Comparative Political Research, Masaryk University

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Kateřina Vráblíková (vrabliko@fss.muni.cz ) Center for the Study of Democracy, UC, Irvine

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  1. Non- electoral Political Participation, Mobilization and Political Opportunity Structure in Western Democracies KateřinaVráblíková (vrabliko@fss.muni.cz) Center for the Study of Democracy, UC, Irvine Institute for Comparative Political Research, Masaryk University Paper prepared for the MPSA 69th Annual National Conference, March 31-April 3, 2011

  2. Mechanism of the POS influence: Two implications for the individual level non-electoral participation: More open POS of the state increases participation More open POS of the state increases the effect of mobilization on participation • Availability of access points • Chances - prospects of success

  3. Discussion • Non-electoral participation: individuals and groups need politicalopportunities to be able to participate • Political institutions: not every type of decentralization is the same, rather 2 logics: independence vs. consensus • Democracy: higher representation can decrease non-electoral participation

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