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Researcher in Charge: Ãlvaro Borralho
Team: Gilberta Rocha
Osvaldo Silva
Applicant Entity:

Universidade dos Açores: Centro Interdisciplinar de Ciências Sociais (CICS.NOVA.UAçores).

Funding Entity:

Assembleia Legislativa da Região Autónoma dos Açores

Keywords: Political participation; Electoral participation; Abstention; Social representations; Political motivations.
Goals:

The study aims two complementary evaluations: the first consists in a diachronic and systematic analysis of abstention, on all islands and in various elections, with a special focus on regional legislative elections, to allow identifying the technical abstention, using a quantitative study based on the Census and by comparison with the resident population. The choice of this methodology seems to be the most appropriate, although it has limitations. In fact, as there are no statistics on the exit of nationals (migrants) is always an approximation to the true dimension of abstention. The second analysis consists of a characterization of the modalities of political participation, through the application of a survey, with representative sample of the region. This allow to identifies the modalities of political participation, as well as the motivations and social representations associated with these participation practices.

Starting Date: 2017
Ending Date: 2018