A Theoretical Model for Understanding the Interplay Between Cultural Identity and Political Participation in Globalized Societies

Abstract

The current paper constructs and assesses a conceptual framework in order to comprehend the relationship between cultural identity and political participation in the global societies. The study relates to the increased complexity of political participation in culturally and globally diverse contexts in the sense that formation of identities and civic participation is more and more becoming a social and transnational process. The cultural identity, social networks and globalization are the major explanatory variables that influence political participation in the model. The quantitative research design was used, in which 250 respondents were sampled using a structured survey. Cultural identity, political involvement and power of the social network were measured by the use of validated Likert scales which were utilized to collect data. To conduct a statistical analysis, correlation, regression, mediation, and moderation were used to test the proposed hypotheses. The results show that cultural identity and political participation have a very strong positive correlation (