Interest through social involvement : the impact of social trust and collective identification on political interest

Iglič, Hajdeja (avtor), Van Rossem, Ronan (avtor)

Political interest is the basis for an individual’s informed and consistent engagement with politics, making it essential to understand its origins. In this article we focus on a largely understudied factor: social involvement, which is conceptualized in terms of social trust and collective identification, both reflecting individuals’ attachment to others. The primary aim is to explore the causal mechanisms through which social involvement shapes political interest. We propose three explanatory mechanisms formulated in terms of social empathy, common good, and political efficacy. Drawing on data from the 2017 European Values Survey, our analysis provides robust empirical support for the common good and empathy mechanisms. The findings suggest that social trust and collective identification enhance political interest by reinforcing the perceived value and significance of political involvement. The efficacy argument, however, received no support. Overall, the results underscore the significant role of trust in unfamiliar others and cosmopolitan identification.

• Jezik: Angleški jezik
• Ključne besede: political interest, importance of politics, social involvement, social trust, collective identification
• Vrsta gradiva: Članek v reviji
• Tipologija: 1.01 - Izvirni znanstveni članek
• Organizacija: FDV - Fakulteta za družbene vede
• Status publikacije: Objavljeno
• Različica publikacije: Objavljena publikacija
• Leto izida: 2025
• Št. strani: Str. 376–402
• Številčenje: Vol. 55, no. 5
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-179413
• UDK: 323.2
• ISSN pri članku: 0020-7659
• DOI: 10.1080/00207659.2025.2545684
• COBISS.SI-ID: 268339715
• Datum objave v RUL: 13.02.2026

Gradivo je del revije

• Naslov: International journal of sociology
• Skrajšan naslov: Int. j. sociol.
• Založnik: Taylor & Francis
• ISSN: 0020-7659
• COBISS.SI-ID: 16396381

Licence

• Licenca: CC BY-NC-ND 4.0, Creative Commons Priznanje avtorstva-Nekomercialno-Brez predelav 4.0 Mednarodna
• Povezava: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/deed.sl
• Opis: Najbolj omejujoča licenca Creative Commons. Uporabniki lahko prenesejo in delijo delo v nekomercialne namene in ga ne smejo uporabiti za nobene druge namene.

Projekti

• Financer: ARIS - Javna agencija za znanstvenoraziskovalno in inovacijsko dejavnost Republike Slovenije
• Številka projekta: P5-0166
• Naslov: Upravljanje omrežij javnega in zasebnega sektorja