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In this chapter, I discuss models for the understanding of active citizenship that take into account various mobilizing dynamics that pertain to different core dimensions, specifically civic and political engagement on the one side and civic and political participation on the other. I argue that in order to gain a profound and well-rounded understanding of this concept, this issue should be studied through the adoption of a multidisciplinary methodological approach that can shed light on the complex components of active citizenship that influence both civic and political behavior (Barrett and Brunton-Smith 2014). More specifically the chapter introduces the determinants that are essentially providing insights into the adoption of individual and collective participatory behaviors. The schema of indicators elaborated in the chapter (see Tables 4.1, 4.2 and 4.3) is useful in order to establish whether the EU has in the first instance developed measures aimed at stimulating engagement and participation, and the nature of these. Besides of this, this discussion is key in light of the comparison with civil society discourses at the supranational level and in the three countries.
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The Project PIDOP (Processes Influencing Democratic Ownership and Participation) financed by the 7FP aimed at the analysis of civic and political engagement and participation in eight European countries. Full details on the Project can be found at http://www.fahs.surrey.ac.uk/pidop/
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Bee, C. (2017). Active Citizenship and Its Components. In: Active Citizenship in Europe. Palgrave Studies in European Political Sociology. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-45317-4_4
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