dc.contributor.author
Jacobsen, Jannes
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Schieferdecker, David
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Gerstorf, Denis
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Hutter, Swen
dc.contributor.author
Specht, Jule
dc.date.accessioned
2023-10-09T05:24:40Z
dc.date.available
2023-10-09T05:24:40Z
dc.identifier.uri
https://refubium.fu-berlin.de/handle/fub188/36136
dc.identifier.uri
http://dx.doi.org/10.17169/refubium-35852
dc.description.abstract
Prior research has suggested three explanations why levels of voluntary engagement rise and fall over time within societies. A social structural explanation considers individual resources crucial for engagement and argues that a redistribution of those resources may bring about changes in engagement. A cohort-based explanation considers socialisation and experiences in formative years as crucial for the uptake of engagement. Finally, a period-based explanation considers extraordinary events, external shocks, and crises to be crucial for engagement. So far, these explanations have mainly been tested separately and little is known about the relative strength of each of the proposed factors. Using data from a large German household panel survey that assessed engagement almost annually across four decades, we found that most social structural factors (e.g., education, employment, income) maintained their predictive effects for engagement, irrespective of cohort or period. The only notable exception was that the gender gap observed has narrowed substantially across periods and cohorts. Moreover, cohort effects were rendered almost negligible once we factored in periods. Taken together, our results suggest that individual characteristics and extraordinary events are the main factors influencing voluntary engagement rather than shared societal experiences of cohorts.
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dc.format.extent
11 Seiten
dc.rights.uri
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subject
Civil society
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dc.subject
Social participation
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dc.subject
Political participation
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dc.subject
Longitudinal analyses
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dc.subject
Gender differences
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dc.subject.ddc
300 Sozialwissenschaften::300 Sozialwissenschaften, Soziologie::300 Sozialwissenschaften
dc.title
Long-Term Dynamics of Voluntary Engagement: Differentiating Social Structural from Cohort and Period Effects
dc.type
Wissenschaftlicher Artikel
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.doi
10.1007/s11266-022-00518-y
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.journaltitle
VOLUNTAS: International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.number
4
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.pagestart
861
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.pageend
871
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.volume
34
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.url
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11266-022-00518-y
refubium.affiliation
Politik- und Sozialwissenschaften
refubium.affiliation.other
Institut für Publizistik- und Kommunikationswissenschaft / Arbeitsstelle Kommunikationstheorie/Medienwirkungsforschung
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no
dcterms.accessRights.openaire
open access
dcterms.isPartOf.eissn
1573-7888
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