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The focus of Chap. 2 is upon the concept of political participation. The theoretical underpinnings in relation to political participation are examined in this chapter. What do we mean by political participation? How have political scientists and political philosophers attempted to define participation? Is there a difference between participation where one’s aims are achieved and the participation through which benefits are gained which means that it does not necessarily matter if the goals are not attained? Key theoretical perspectives are outlined in detail in this chapter, including the Ancient Greeks and their concept of the ‘good life’, and Sherry Arnstein’s ‘Ladder of Participation’, whereby there are gradations of participation, the higher-level rungs on the ladder involving greater degrees of participation than others.
Sections of this chapter appeared in Briggs, J. E. (1998). Strikes in politicisation. Aldershot: Ashgate.
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Briggs, J. (2017). Political Participation. In: Young People and Political Participation. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-31385-0_2
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