ROLE OF NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS IN INCREASING ELECTORAL ACTIVITY OF CITIZENS
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electoral activity, absenteeism, electoral process, voter mobilization, non-profit organizations
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Ksenia E. Kosygina
Email: sene4ka.87@mail.ru
http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5875-8912
Vadim S. Kaminsky
Email: fbcde56b@yandex.ru
Abstract
Citizens participation in elections is the most accessible and effective mechanism for society's influence on the political system. However, the problem of absenteeism (refusal to participate in elections) is currently characteristic for Russia and in particular for the Vologda region, which actualizes the task of determining ways to increase the electoral activity of citizens. One of these methods may be the activities of non-profit organizations. The purpose of the study is to determine the role of non-profit organizations in increasing the electoral activity of citizens. The information base of the study are legislative sources, official statistics, data from sociological surveys: regular monitoring of public opinion of residents of the Vologda region (n = 1500) and an expert survey of heads of non-profit organizations (n = 35). Main methods: system, comparative, statistical and sociological analysis. The key results of the study are as follows: the dominant form of absenteeism in the region is identified (distancing from the government, not its " tacit approval»); it is established that the activities of NPOs have a positive impact on the electoral activity of citizens; a number of recommendations have been formulated for authorities, as well as for non-profit organizations themselves, to involve NPOs in the electoral process.
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Kosygina, K. E., & Kaminsky, V. S. (2020). ROLE OF NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS IN INCREASING ELECTORAL ACTIVITY OF CITIZENS. Society and Security Insights, 3(3), 90-111. https://doi.org/10.14258/ssi(2020)3-07
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От плебисцита к выборам. Как и почему россияне голосовали на выборах 2011 – 2012 гг. Под. ред. В. Федорова. М.: Праксис, 2013.
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Gerber A., Green D. Get Out the Vote. Washington. US: Brookings Institution Press. 2008.
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Zakharov, O.V. (2011). Sotsial'nyye mekhanizmy vozdeystviya na elektoral'noye povedeniye (upravlencheskiy aspekt) [Social mechanisms of influence on electoral behavior (managerial aspect)] (PhD Thesis), Moscow. URL: http://cheloveknauka.com/sotsialnye-mehanizmy-vozdeystviya-na-elektoralnoe-povedenie
Kaminskiy, V.S. (2017). Transformatsiya obshchestvenno-politicheskikh vozzreniy v kontekste elektoral'nogo povedeniya naseleniya [Transformation of social and political views in the context of the electoral behavior of the population]. Problemy razvitiya territorii [Territory development problems], no. 1, 130–144. URL: http://pdt.vscc.ac.ru/article/2110
Kiseleva, A.M., Shpak, Y.A. (2015). Sotsial'nyye seti v protsesse kommunikatsii mezhdu vlast'yu i obshchestvom [Social networks in the process of communication between the authorities and society]. Voprosy upravleniya [Management Issues], 6 (18), 66–75.
Kosygina, K.E. (2018). Aktual'nyye voprosy razvitiya sotsial'no oriyentirovannykh nekommercheskikh organizatsiy [Topical issues of development of socially oriented non-profit organizations]. Problemy razvitiya territorii [Territory development problems], 3 (95), 107–121. DOI: 10.15838/ptd.2018.3.95.7
Liborakina, M.I. Nekommercheskiy sektor: mezhdunarodnyy opyt [Non-profit sector: international experience], URL: http://www.socpolitika.ru/rus/ngo/foreign_experience/document115.shtml
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LeRoux K., Krawczyk K. Can Nonprofit Organizations Increase Voter Turnout? Findings From an Agency-Based Voter Mobilization Experiment. URL: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0899764012459909
Rongitsch B. (2008). Election 2008: More Nonprofits Engaging More Voters. The Nonprofit Quarterly, URL: https://nonprofitquarterly.org/
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