The long road toward political affection
The political disaffection is already a central theme in the current talks. They often talk about variables that facilitate the interest of the citizens towards political life, but never mentions what are the steps we follow along the path of approach to the res publica. In my opinion, these steps are linked, in part (but not exclusively), the variable of knowledge. These steps are.
1. Ignorance and disinterest in politics (disaffection maximum): this is the state that is most of the population that represents both frequented the comment I do not understand why the policy or not with me. All awareness campaigns want to push during this stage represent an absolute waste of funds, as developed antibodies to this target represent an automatic disconnection of messages sent to and from the institutions and the political class.
2. Interest in a specific subject: The most crucial step of the process and, unfortunately, often ignored by most political parties. The spark that starts the engine attachment is always interesting to learn more about the mechanisms of politics. In this sense we are very wrong when we think that this interest is awakened from the erotic power (pathology attributed to only a few) or rumoreig all media created around a political figure, but always leaves the most common our work environment (closer to the Marxist theory) or our leisure areas (either via associative life as an individual level). Disappointment to us, the innate interest in politics is a rara avis in the twenty-first century, so it is more likely that a teenager interested in more than 18 years for nothing when you want to reclaim a public basketball court in their neighborhood, which not expect to attract the last application of the party that is iPhone. Focusing awareness campaigns in all these scenarios is the best tool to reach a target that already know what you want but do not know how to achieve it. Political parties then have the opportunity to recover its function by providing them the tools to achieve goals, thereby integrating them gradually in public life.
3. Knowledge of external operation: because neither parties nor institutions devoted sufficient effort to the previous state, the next stage is usually discovered via third parties (platforms, organizations, neighbors, friends, etc..) Performance of politics. That means know from regulatory procedures more generic mechanisms to pressure and more empodarament rebuscats, as well as knowing who are the real policy makers in each subject. It is very significant (and personally I think that worrying) that largely unaware of Catalan society figures of the Ombudsman or ILPs, among others. While in most European countries this subject is taught in schools, here is a privilege reserved for law students, politicians and a few more, which explains that the second key stage by way of attachment is not often achieved.
4. Involvement and activism: this is possibly the sweetest around the stadium track. Happens when one realizes that knows what he wants and knows how to get it. It is then passed to the action plan to carry out a priori that seems relentless and slowly will produce a rapprochement between a person who needs mechanisms to put ideas in political debate and a party that needs people to support ideas. The feeling of power is maximum and, hence, the disaffection virtually disappears. We trust the politicians because they are perceived as a class open to new ideas (especially in campaign) and, in parallel, an increased sense of power to influence the audience (surprisingly one of the highest indicators in recent years Study CEO).
5. Discovery of the inner workings: activism offer you a better understanding of the inner workings of the parties. The approach to these is often given as the wedge feeling of being part of the political system, but that’s when you discover exactly what it meant Michels with his iron law of oligarchy. Indeed, this is the step where all the truncated expectations and disaffection appears more critical. This indifference is no longer linked to politics in general (first stage) or some specific ideas (second phase), but refers to the internal operation (with names). The suspicion becomes something personal and often appear also anti positions. All the efforts are not rewarded by a political class closed endogamic and it does appear confrontational reactions or, at best, of untying.
6. Perseverance: If you were few who reached the fifth stage, are still less than that. This site is reserved for those few able to overcome the grief of dashed expectations and re-chipping stone for achieving the objectives. This resignation is tough, but necessary to get the confidence of a political class that, due to their lack of leadership, prioritized over increasing proximity to the merits.
7. Political career (least disaffection): The final stage is already a political career that is reflected from the internal mechanisms of political parties or public reputation translates into a leader that makes you think. Either way, the car disappears disaffection forms part of the system.
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