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

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

Political interest is the basis for an individual’s informed and con-sistent engagement with politics, making it essential to understandits origins. In this article we focus on a largely understudied factor:social involvement, which is conceptualized in terms of social trustand collective identification, both reflecting individuals’ attachmentto others. The primary aim is to explore the causal mechanismsthrough which social involvement shapes political interest. We pro-pose three explanatory mechanisms formulated in terms of socialempathy, common good, and political efficacy. Drawing on datafrom the 2017 European Values Survey, our analysis providesrobust empirical support for the common good and empathymechanisms. The findings suggest that social trust and collectiveidentification enhance political interest by reinforcing the perceivedvalue and significance of political involvement. The efficacy argu-ment, however, received no support. Overall, the results underscorethe significant role of trust in unfamiliar others and cosmopolitanidentification.

• 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
• Datum objave: 21.08.2025
• 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
• 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: M.E. Sharpe, etc.
• 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: P5-0166-2018
• Naslov: Upravljanje omrežij javnega in zasebnega sektorja