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Attitudinal Measures of Political Consumption as a Form of Civic Engagement in a Developing Country

Attitudinal Measures of Political Consumption as a Form of Civic Engagement in a Developing Country

Emmanuel Adugu, Richard Ampadu-Ameyaw
Copyright: © 2014 |Volume: 1 |Issue: 4 |Pages: 19
ISSN: 2328-5494|EISSN: 2328-5508|EISBN13: 9781466653221|DOI: 10.4018/IJCESC.2014100102
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Adugu, Emmanuel, and Richard Ampadu-Ameyaw. "Attitudinal Measures of Political Consumption as a Form of Civic Engagement in a Developing Country." IJCESC vol.1, no.4 2014: pp.28-46. http://doi.org/10.4018/IJCESC.2014100102

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Adugu, E. & Ampadu-Ameyaw, R. (2014). Attitudinal Measures of Political Consumption as a Form of Civic Engagement in a Developing Country. International Journal of Civic Engagement and Social Change (IJCESC), 1(4), 28-46. http://doi.org/10.4018/IJCESC.2014100102

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Adugu, Emmanuel, and Richard Ampadu-Ameyaw. "Attitudinal Measures of Political Consumption as a Form of Civic Engagement in a Developing Country," International Journal of Civic Engagement and Social Change (IJCESC) 1, no.4: 28-46. http://doi.org/10.4018/IJCESC.2014100102

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Abstract

The use of the marketplace as a site for political action with social change motives is referred as political consumption. The phenomenon of political consumption has been widely studied in post-industrialized nations such as the United States of America but less is written about such social change-oriented behaviors in developing countries. This paper aims at determining the attitudinal measures of political consumption in Ghana, a developing nation in West Africa. The study is based on data collected in August 2013 from a total of 356 Ghanaians sampled from higher institutions of learning. Findings suggest that influence over government (political efficacy) is a consistent predictor of the respective attitudinal measures of political consumption. To some extent this pattern of behavior of engagement in political consumption contradicts findings in post-industrialized nations where it is consistently linked to variables such as: socio-demographics, political interest, and trust in institutions.

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