political efficacy
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political
adjective
uk/pəˈlɪt.ɪ.kəl/us/pəˈlɪt̬.ə.kəl/
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efficacy
noun[U]
uk/ˈef.ɪ.kə.si/us/ˈef.ə.kə.si/
formal
the ability, especially of a medicine or a method of achieving something, to produce the ...
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It is also possible that electoral outcomes can influence winners' and losers' sense ofpoliticalefficacy.
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In addition, class distinctions inpoliticalefficacysharpened with time, as efficacy levels dropped noticeably among the working-class, but not the middle-class, identifiers.
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Turning topoliticalefficacy,56 we find that people tend to believe that they can influence decisions affecting local rather than national levels.
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The analysis provides little support for social (racial/ethnic) context, but rather strong evidence that institutional context effectspoliticalefficacy.
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While direct democracy might lead to lowerpoliticalefficacyof minorities, it might have a positive general impact on citizen attitudes towards government.
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The interaction terms were used to test whether ballot initiatives have a stigmatizing effect on racial and ethnic minorities, leading to lowerpoliticalefficacy.
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Politicalefficacyis a complex concept and may partly be a function of environmental effects, including political institutions and racial contexts.
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Once the problem of context or the work's cultural horizon is introduced, the matter ofpoliticalefficacyalso comes into view.
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By the same token,politicalefficacyand group efficacy should favour the winning party compared with the losing party.
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As with attitude uncertainty, there are grounds for suspecting that engaging in political conversation may enhance individuals' sense ofpoliticalefficacy.
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We first review the evidence regarding the relationship between electoral systems,politicalefficacy, strength of partisan attachments and turnout.
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Additionally, internalpoliticalefficacyis hypothesized to be associated with both openness to experience and extroversion.
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Other factors, most notably education, also contribute to feelings ofpoliticalefficacy.
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Politicalefficacyis of interest here because it can play an important role in shaping a wide range of attitudes and behaviour.
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However, media criticism has no effect on voter attitudes onpoliticalefficacy.
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Some minimal degree ofpoliticalefficacyis a consequence of residential concentration.
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Politicalefficacy, political engagement and an assessment of political reforms were not significantly related to confidence in government institutions.
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But in the 1992politicalefficacyand social tolerance models, the coefficients for non-family members are larger than are those for family members.
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This indicates that coalition size reduces voter participation independent ofpoliticalefficacy.
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The indicator of individualpoliticalefficacyis designed to measure the extent to which respondents feel that they can influence politics.
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