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and column 6 in Table 2). Therefore, it might be that the lack of a standard-
ized unit of time when looking at changes over time adds important noise
to our empirical analysis. Hence, the results of the difference in turnouts
are suggestive and should be interpreted with caution. Second, the data we
used in this study is cross-sectional, therefore a causal interpretation of the
results is not possible. Finally, we used aggregated data by country; hence,
we neglected any within country variation that might be important.
Finally, our research provided yet further evidence on the associa-
tion between community homogeneity and political engagement. As
suggested by Campbell (2006), increasing the level of heterogeneity in a
community will likely increase the level of political engagement within a
society. A demographic change, such as the recent arrival of migrants into
Europe, is likely to increase the heterogeneity of a community in many di-
mensions, which in turn might spark the political engagement of its citi-
zens (either in favour for or against the demographic change). In this pa-
per, we observe this association at the country-level. A promising line of
research would be to explore this hypothesis using within-country varia-
tion. Exploiting community-level variation on arrival of migrants and us-
ing the rich battery of data provided by ICCS could provide important in-
sights on this exciting research topic.
Literature
Alford, J. R., Funk, C.L., and Hibbing, J. R. (2005) Are political orienta-
tions genetically transmitted? American Political Science Review 99, pp.
153–167.
Bischoff, K. (2016) The civic effects of schools: Theory and empir-
ics. Theory and Research in Education 14(1), pp. 91–106. https://doi.
org/10.1177/1477878515619794
Campbell, D. (2006) Why We Vote: How Schools and Communities Shape
Our Civic Life. Princeton University Press. Retrieved from http://
www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt7s11x
Dinas, E., Malakos, K., Hangartner, D., and Xefteris, D. (2019) Waking up
the Golden Dawn: Does exposure to the refugee crisis increases sup-
ports for extreme-right parties? Political Analysis 27(2), pp. 244–254.
https://doi.org/10.1017/pan.2018.48
Gantt Shafer, J. (2017) Donald Trump’s “Political Incorrectness”: Neoliber-
alism as Frontstage Racism on Social Media. Social Media + Society,
pp. 1–10. https://doi.org/10.1177/2056305117733226
77
and column 6 in Table 2). Therefore, it might be that the lack of a standard-
ized unit of time when looking at changes over time adds important noise
to our empirical analysis. Hence, the results of the difference in turnouts
are suggestive and should be interpreted with caution. Second, the data we
used in this study is cross-sectional, therefore a causal interpretation of the
results is not possible. Finally, we used aggregated data by country; hence,
we neglected any within country variation that might be important.
Finally, our research provided yet further evidence on the associa-
tion between community homogeneity and political engagement. As
suggested by Campbell (2006), increasing the level of heterogeneity in a
community will likely increase the level of political engagement within a
society. A demographic change, such as the recent arrival of migrants into
Europe, is likely to increase the heterogeneity of a community in many di-
mensions, which in turn might spark the political engagement of its citi-
zens (either in favour for or against the demographic change). In this pa-
per, we observe this association at the country-level. A promising line of
research would be to explore this hypothesis using within-country varia-
tion. Exploiting community-level variation on arrival of migrants and us-
ing the rich battery of data provided by ICCS could provide important in-
sights on this exciting research topic.
Literature
Alford, J. R., Funk, C.L., and Hibbing, J. R. (2005) Are political orienta-
tions genetically transmitted? American Political Science Review 99, pp.
153–167.
Bischoff, K. (2016) The civic effects of schools: Theory and empir-
ics. Theory and Research in Education 14(1), pp. 91–106. https://doi.
org/10.1177/1477878515619794
Campbell, D. (2006) Why We Vote: How Schools and Communities Shape
Our Civic Life. Princeton University Press. Retrieved from http://
www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt7s11x
Dinas, E., Malakos, K., Hangartner, D., and Xefteris, D. (2019) Waking up
the Golden Dawn: Does exposure to the refugee crisis increases sup-
ports for extreme-right parties? Political Analysis 27(2), pp. 244–254.
https://doi.org/10.1017/pan.2018.48
Gantt Shafer, J. (2017) Donald Trump’s “Political Incorrectness”: Neoliber-
alism as Frontstage Racism on Social Media. Social Media + Society,
pp. 1–10. https://doi.org/10.1177/2056305117733226
77
