@article{018e9e45-a582-7318-be9b-351a4b01b887, author = {Leszek Sobkowiak}, title = {Unconventional Participation as a Political Mechanism – Dilemmas, Forms and Conditions}, journal = {Teoria Polityki}, volume = {2023}, number = {No. 7/2023}, year = {2023}, issn = {2543-7046}, pages = {63-79},keywords = {political participation; unconventional participation; social movements; protest policy; political system; violence}, abstract = {For several decades, the importance of unconventional participation has been growing in the political space. The article deals with selected aspects of the issues: (1) Justification of a broad approach to the features of participation, not limited to the dimension of the political system; (2) Dilemmas related to the understanding of participation, its compliance/non-compliance with the norms of the democratic system, exclusive and inclusive nature, the issue of voluntariness, the role of violence, and the national and international arena of political activity; (3) Unconventional participation as an objective mechanism of politics, an instrument of the strategy of power entities and the activity of entities contesting a given socio-political order, properties and conditions of unconventional participation, including: its specific forms.}, doi = {10.4467/25440845TP.23.004.17517}, url = {https://ejournals.eu/en/journal/teoria-polityki/article/wlasciwosci-partycypacji-politycznej-i-jej-niekonwencjonalnej-formy} }