Concept information
Preferred term
political alienation
Definition
- POLITICAL ALIENATION IS the sense of estrangement, repulsion, or disaffection that political actors experience to the extent that they regard the political system, regime, or government as distant and unresponsive. The societal causes of political alienation are established in the political sociology of Rousseau, Hegel, and Marx. [Source: Encyclopedia of U.S. Campaigns, Elections, and Electoral Behavior; Political Alienation]
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https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/political_alienation
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