Young political consumers between the individual and the collective: evidence from the UK and Greece

On Measuring Political Consumerism: An Exploratory Study Among Young People in the UK and in Greece

“…The theory of imagined communities (Anderson, 2006) in turn, implies that the personal outlook of the agent affects their conception of the ingroup and may further enhance the engagement of young people in participatory activities. Kyroglou and Henn (2021) have recently discerned an association between an 'expanded' identity outlook, observing that it impacts on young people's political consumerist motivations. A related question here is, what is the role of the formation of individual and collective identities on young peoples' propensity to engage in political consumerism?…”

“…It has been widely theorised as a lifestyle form of political participation, which reflects the progressively converging roles of citizens and consumers (Boström et al, 2019;Kyroglou & Henn, 2017). Evidence suggests that young people in particular are increasingly attracted to political consumerism as it offers them an opportunity to harness their individual consumer power to collectively express their political, ethical, and environmental concerns (Kyroglou & Henn, 2021;Stolle et al, 2010). Although several studies have attempted to assess the determinants of political consumerism (Atkinson, 2015;Copeland, 2014a), their findings are often contradictory.…”

Politična participacija mladih onkraj volitev: konceptualni premisleki in izzivi proučevanja

“…Za mlade so pomembne vrednote solidarnost, globalna pravičnost in enakost, ki so neposredno povezane z reševanjem okoljskih problemov (Ward in de Vreese, 2011;Micheletti in Stolle, 2012;Rheingans in Hollands, 2013). Skrb za okolje se zanje tako zdi primarna (Allen in Spialek, 2018;Kyroglou in Henn, 2021;Sahelices-Pinto idr., 2021).…”