Political Awareness, Political Identity, Engagement and Citizenship

Abstract

This panel addresses political awareness (PA) and it´s theoretical and practical relationship to ‘engagement’, political identity and citizenship. Political awareness is understood as a ‘reservoir of predispositions’, which citizens use to understand political messages communicated in public, in interpersonal relations and discussions and active participation in political affairs. Political identities on the other hand may be understood as ‘how people see themselves in relation to the field og politics. Political identity in this conception develops through empowerment processes and through the subjective acquisition of formal or informal political roles. Both political awareness and political identities are closely related to how people engage with politics and choose to participate. How people are aware of and see themselves in relation to the field of politics may also express how they choose to live their political life as citizens. In this panel, we invite contributors who would like to explore one or more of the concepts political awareness, political identity, engagement and its relationship with citizenship.

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