عنوان

Determinants of civic engagement and political participation: A case study in Yemen

Number

TL48124

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انگلیسی

Title Proper

Determinants of civic engagement and political participation: A case study in Yemen

General Material Designation

[Thesis]

First Statement of Responsibility

Montaha Hassan

Subsequent Statement of Responsibility

Ugaz, Jorge I.

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Georgetown University

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

2014

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

65

Text of Note

Place of publication: United States, Ann Arbor; ISBN=978-1-321-56522-5

Dissertation or thesis details and type of degree

M.P.P.

Discipline of degree

Public Policy & Policy Management

Body granting the degree

Georgetown University

Text preceding or following the note

2014

Text of Note

Yemen's exercise with democracy started with the unification of Yemen Arab Republic and the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen in 1990, where the ruling parties acknowledged that to retain power, they had to share power. This window of opportunity instituted a hopeful democratic process for a region with scant freedom of expression and assembly and fair elections. In the early 1990s, a large number of political parties, civil society organizations and charities were founded. However, socio-political challenges weakened the emerging plurality. As soon as the 1994 civil war ended with the defeat of the Yemeni Socialist Party, true political vying amongst political parties declined and politicians were no longer relying on the support of national constituencies. In this research, I hypothesize that women, younger citizens, and residents of southern cities and residents of Saada-home of an imamate insurgency and plagued with armed conflicts with the central government since 2004-have different levels of civic engagement relative to men, older citizens and residents of other northern cities, respectively. To explore the different levels of civic engagement and political participation, main voting patterns and likelihood to be a member of a political party, I rely on multivariate regression techniques, including Ordinary Least Squares and Logistics models using data from the Arab Barometer II (2011) and the World Values Survey - Wave 6 (2014). My analysis reveals that: 1) In 2011, there was no difference in voting patterns between men and women, whereas in 2014, men are found to be slightly more likely to vote than women. On the other hand, there is a statistically significant difference between their likelihood to be members of political parties; and 2) Younger citizens between the ages of 18 and 25 are less likely to vote or be members of political parties relative to their older counterparts; and 3) In 2011, residents of South Yemen were less likely to vote than residents of North Yemen, whereas in 2014, residents of South and North Yemen were as likely to vote. On the other hand, there is a statistically significant difference between their likelihood to be members of political parties in 2011 and 2014.

Middle Eastern Studies; Political science; Public policy

Subject Term

Social sciences;Civic engagement;Political participation;Vote;Women;Yemen;Youth

Simon, George

Ugaz, Jorge I.

Subdivision

Public Policy & Policy Management

Georgetown University

Call Number

1658186534; 1584064

Electronic name

p

[Thesis]

276903

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