Participation and Mobilization - ECPR Standing Group

of their efforts and other affected groups on the other side. Scholars affiliated to the standing group represent different methodological perspectives ranging from quantitative to qualitative investigations and including studies based on mixed-methods approaches. The main themes address diverse empirical and methodological aspects of participation and mobilization:

THE PLURALITY OF FORMS OF PARTICIPATION AND MOBILIZATION

The development and emergence of forms of participation: from conventional, formal and institutional to unconventional, informal and non-institutional
The overlapping, intertwining and competition amongst different forms of participation
The relationship between individual and collective forms of participation with a focus on self-reflexive processes of political responsibility-taking in participation
The role of political culture and political opportunity structure in the forms, issues, and magnitude of participation

THE TERRITORIAL LEVELS OF PARTICIPATION AND MOBILIZATION

The impact of Europeanization and globalization on the emergence of transnational forms of participation and on the transformation of local, regional and national forms of participation
The reconfiguration of political mobilization in the context of multi-level governance and transnational public spheres

MEDIATION AND COMMUNICATION PROCESSES IN PARTICIPATION AND MOBILIZATION
Communication processes at the individual and collective level of participation
Information and communication technologies in offline and online forms of participation
Local, national and transnational discursive opportunities as constraints and opportunities for participation

OUTCOMES OF PARTICIPATION AND MOBILIZATION
The effectiveness and consequences of the different forms of participation and mobilization for individual citizens, for political systems and for policy implementation
The impact of forms of participation and mobilization on political inequalities, social exclusions, social cohesion and social capital
The elaboration of different democratic models in new forms of participation and mobilization

IMPLICATIONS FOR THEORY
The links between participation's political theory and operational theory
The role of political identities, risks, globalization, and citizenship theory on the issues and forms of participation and as mobilization agents