What Types of Participants?: Patterns of Political Participation in Lithuania

The quantity and quality of political participation is extremely important for the consolidation of democracy. There is no comprehensive analysis of the conventional modes of political participation and their distribution among population in Lithuania. This study focuses on the differences between different types of participants in political acts in post-communist Lithuania. Based on the survey conducted in Lithuania in 2006, the article concludes that the lack of civic resources, the development of individualization and rapid social differentiation that caused different perceptions of economic inequality and insecurity among different groups of the population have influenced political participation patterns in Lithuania.