Factors associated with Spanish older people’s membership in political organizations: the role of active aging activities

Serrat, Rodrigo; Villar, Feliciano; Celdrán, Montserrat

doi:10.1007/s10433-015-0341-4

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“…As van Stekelenburg and Klandermans (2013) have argued; however, grievances are not sufficient to explain political engagement, as many people may perceive grievances but relatively few of them are keen to protest. Verba et al (1995) have proposed the availability of resources such as higher education or income as a possible explanation of why some participate in politics while other do not, and this theory has been successfully applied to older people's political participation (Nygard and Jakobsson 2013a, b;Serrat et al 2015). Likewise, what McAdam (1986) has called 'biographical availability,' or ''…the absence of personal constraints that may increase the costs and risks of movement participation'' (p. 70), could condition the availability of a person for protest.…”

Section: The Motivations Of Older People For Participating In Politicsmentioning

confidence: 98%

“…Existing research on older people's participation has mainly explored the factors associated with older people's political participation, such as socio-economic factors or participation in other activities (e.g., Nygard and Jakobsson 2013a, b;Serrat et al 2015), or has compared their participatory patterns to those of younger generations (e.g., Goerres 2009;Melo and Stockemer 2014;Quintelier 2007). However, few of these studies have addressed elders' motivations for engaging in political activity.…”

Section: Aging and Political Participationmentioning

confidence: 98%

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Older People’s Motivations to Engage in Political Organizations: Evidence from a Catalan Study

Serrat

Villar

2016

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This study explored the motivations of Catalan older people to engage in political organizations. The sample consisted of 192 people aged 65 and over who were active members of three types of political organizations: neighborhood associations, political parties/trade unions, and single-issue organizations. Their answers to an open-ended question were content analyzed, and a series of Chi-square tests were run to assess the association of the resulting categories with the type of organization in which participants were active. The results show that the motives for engaging in political organizations were mainly focused on introducing changes in the community, although the scope of the changes desired tended to vary. While some participants expressed idealistic motivations, others stated that they become involved in order to stand up for a cause in which they believed. One in six participants was motivated by self-interest, either related to personal growth or to self-protective needs. Motives for participating were related to the type of organization in which participants were active, suggesting that organizations should consider the influence of their own particular context and characteristics in developing recruitment and retention strategies.Résumé Cette étude a porté sur les motivations des personnes âgées catalanes pour s'engager dans des organisations politiques. Le panel était composé de 192 personnes âgées d'au moins 65 ans qui étaient des membres actifs de trois types d'organisations politiques : associations de quartier, partis ou syndicats politiques et organisations à vocation unique. Leurs réponses à une question ouverte ont fait l'objet d'une analyse de contenu et une série de tests du khi-deux a été effectuée pour évaluer l'association entre les catégories qui en résultent et le type & Rodrigo Serrat d'organisation dans laquelle les participants étaient actifs. Les résultats montrent que les motivations pour s'engager dans des organisations politiques étaient principalement axées sur l'introduction de changements dans la société, bien que l'ampleur des changements souhaités ait tendance à varier. Si certains participants ont exprimé des motivations idéalistes, d'autres ont déclaré qu'ils s'impliquaient pour défendre une cause en laquelle ils croyaient. Un participant sur six était motivé par son intérêt personnel, lié au développement personnel ou à des besoins d'autoprotection. Les motivations pour participer étaient liées au type d'organisation dans laquelle les participants étaient actifs, ce qui indique que les organisations devraient examiner l'influence de leur contexte particulier et leurs caractéristiques pour élaborer leurs stratégies de recrutement et de fidélisation.Zusammenfassung Diese Studie untersuchte die Motivationen älterer Menschen in Katalonien, sich in politischen Organisationen zu engagieren. Die Stichprobe umfasste 192 Personen, die mindestens 65 Jahre alt und aktive Mitglieder in drei Arten politischer Organisationen waren: Nachbarschaftsvereinigungen, politische Parteien/Gew...

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Section: The Motivations Of Older People For Participating In Politicsmentioning

confidence: 98%

Section: Aging and Political Participationmentioning

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Older People’s Motivations to Engage in Political Organizations: Evidence from a Catalan Study

Serrat

Villar

2016

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“…In that regard, some leisure activities, particularly those involving a certain intellectual or physical effort [13], can also be considered as key components in an active aging lifestyle. Similarly, learning activities [14], volunteering [15], and political activism [16] may also be good candidates for inclusion in this more extensive definition of active aging.…”

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“…Regarding personal resources, it seems that older people who participate in politics have higher education and income levels than those who do not [16]. In addition, older activists tend to participate more in other active aging activities and have more associative links, wider social networks, and higher levels of interpersonal confidence than older people who are not involved in political activities [60].…”

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What Activities Count as Active Aging? The Challenge of Classifying Diversity

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Serrat³

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Active aging is a concept used to describe and promote lifestyles that contribute to a healthy aging process. However, these lifestyles vary widely, and the concept of active aging encompasses many activities. This paper considers two axes to classify the range of activities that can contribute to active aging: the resources needed to carry out such activities (low and high-resource needs) and the main orientation of the activities (self-oriented vs. activity with others). To illustrate this classification, three types of participation were analyzed, including in leisure activities, high-demand sports, and political organizations. The presented discussion compares these three activities, reveals challenges for future research using this new classification, highlights the practical implications of diversity when promoting forms of active aging.

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“…Many researches consider civic and politic participation as separate spheres of exclusion (Serrat, Villar, Celdrán, 2015), but include them into social resources, because political and civic participation is highly formalized, and public social resources are connected with organization structures (Popay, Escorel, Hernández et al, 2008).…”

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Risk of Social Exclusion and Social Security of the Elderly Age Persons in Russian Regions

Maximova

Noyanzina

Omelchenko

2018

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An article presents results of the construction and approbation of a theoretical model of evaluation of risk social exclusion of population in the context of social security of elderly age groups in Siberian regions. It bases on the results of sociological research (2016) in three Russian regions: Altai region, Trans-Baikal region and Kemerovo oblast (n =779 age of respondents from 55 (women) and 60 (men) years and older). In theory, the model lays on the following: in is determined by economic (material) deprivation, deprivation of social rights (access to social institutes and services) and deprivation of security (safe environment), deprivation of social participation, cultural (normative) disintegration and social autism; the above named components are specific for the group of elderly people, that is a priori a high risk of exclusion; risk of social exclusion, as a condition and situation of exclusion can be estimated straightly through the manifestation of its dimensions; the model has a one-way causality, i.e. the manifestation of one of its dimensions can lead to the high manifestation of the social exclusion. Basing on dimensions, operationalized in questionnaire, we calculated as an index of components of the social exclusion, as the total social exclusion index for elderly people including its regional correlations.

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Factors associated with Spanish older people’s membership in political organizations: the role of active aging activities

Cited by 35 publications

References 27 publications

Older People’s Motivations to Engage in Political Organizations: Evidence from a Catalan Study

Older People’s Motivations to Engage in Political Organizations: Evidence from a Catalan Study

What Activities Count as Active Aging? The Challenge of Classifying Diversity

Risk of Social Exclusion and Social Security of the Elderly Age Persons in Russian Regions

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