Political (Dis)Engagement

Nathan Manning is a Lecturer in Sociology at the University of York, UK. He is particularly interested in examining how citizens understand their relationship to politics and the role that emotions and feelings may play in people’s experience of ‘the political’.

• Introduction ~ Nathan Manning;Protesting austerity ~ UK Uncut; Mobilising black and ethnic minority citizens for democratic action ~ Simon Wooley;Political consumerism and creative participation ~ Michele Micheletti;Muslim governance and participation in the UK ~ Therese O’Toole; Ethnicity, media, identity, and citizenship ~ Marie Gillespie; The politics of belonging ~ Nira Yuval-Davis; Political rhetoric, mass mobilisation and national identity ~ Stephen Reicher;Democracy and political participation in central and eastern Europe ~ Jacek Kucharczyk; Strong feelings: politics and emotions ~ Ian Burkitt;Feelings of affinity in citizens’ (dis)engagement with electoral politics? ~ Nathan Manning; Conclusion ~ Nathan Manning.