Measuring Active Citizenship through the Development of a Composite Indicator |
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Authors: | Bryony L Hoskins Massimiliano Mascherini |
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Institution: | (1) European Commission – Joint Research Centre, Via E. Fermi 2749, Ispra, VA, Italy |
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Abstract: | This article defines Active Citizenship within a European context as a broad range of value based participation. It develops
a framework for measuring this phenomenon which combines the four dimensions of Protest and Social Change, Community Life,
Representative Democracy and Democratic values. The European Social Survey 2002 is used to populate the framework as this
survey provided the best data coverage available and covered 19 European Countries. In total 61 indicators were selected.
A composite indicator (CI), The Active Citizenship Composite Indicator (ACCI), is built using the framework provided and using
experts’ weights. In addition, the robustness of the results is tested using sensitivity analysis. The limitations to the
ACCI are explained in terms of the limitation of the data availability in particular concerning the new forms of participation
and less organised forms of participation. Nevertheless, ACCI proved to be statistically robust and reliable and proved to
be a useful tool for monitoring levels of citizenship in Europe. The results of ACCI exhibit interesting and quite distinct
regional patterns. The results showed that the Nordic countries, and in particular Sweden, have the highest rate of Active
Citizenship, followed by Central Europe and Anglo-Saxon countries. Mediterranean countries are next followed by Eastern European
countries that close the ranking.
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Keywords: | Active Citizenship Political participation Composite indicators Sensitivity analysis |
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