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Participation and Presence
Not leaving people behind means that it is reasonable for everybody to expect public institutions to work in their favour. Institutional arrangements...
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Cascades or salmons? Longitudinal upstream and downstream effects of political participation
Digitally networked and new, unconventional activities allow citizens to participate politically in activities that are low in the effort and risks...
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Socialized into illegal protest? The impact of voting and social media participation
Building upon previous literature on political behavior, contentious social movements, and political communication, this paper aims to identify which...
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Perceptions are everything: individuals’ normative attitudes toward inequality and political participation in Europe
The notion that national-level income inequality shapes individuals’ traditional political participation choices, based on differences in...
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Local Electoral Participation in Europe The Roots of Municipal Politics
While electoral participation is a traditional topic in political science, voter turnout at the local level is still largely uncharted. There are...
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Citizen participation through direct legislation: a road to success? A perspective from Switzerland
Citizen participation is generally considered crucial to ensuring that policies effectively address public needs. But there is a long-running debate...
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Reforms and Political Participation
This chapter focuses on reforms in local politics that increase its effectiveness and, in some circumstances, participation (referendums, recall of...
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Physical health conditions and political participation in Europe: the moderating effects of age
Unequal political participation is widely considered a problem of democratic representation. Citizens with fewer resources typically report lower...
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Religion works in different ways: an intersectional approach to Muslims’ noninstitutionalized participation
Although a growing body of research addresses the role of religion in the political engagement of Muslims, a dearth of studies scrutinizes whether...
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Beyond Racial Linked Fate: Inter-Minority Political Solidarity and Political Participation
This study examines the various patterns of political participation among Latinos, Blacks and Asians Americans. To assess these patterns of political...
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Differentiation in Protest Politics: Participation by Political Insiders and Outsiders
The political participation literature has documented a long-term trend of the normalization of noninstitutional participation that is often equated...
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Factors Influencing China’s Participation in UN Peacekee** Operations
Leveraging a new panel dataset and engaging in a systemic, Large-N analysis of China’s participation in the UN peacekee** operations (UNPKOs), this...
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The Politics of Personal Crisis: How Life Disruptions Shape Political Participation
Economic risk and instability are urgent and central facts in the lives of increasing numbers of Americans. Though experienced as “personal,” the...
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Personal Networks and Grassroots Election Participation in China: Findings from the Chinese General Social Survey
Grassroots elections of rural village heads and urban community directors are an important public arena for social-political participation of Chinese...
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Political Participation
The two Chinese characters of “participation” (“can” and “yu”) once had the same meaning as modern words in Chinese classics, but the two were often...
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An Analysis of Public Participation in Policymaking Processes
Public participation is the linchpin of democratic governance in any society. It is a virtue that is seen as a civic duty, a sign of healthy...
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Disengaged or raising voices? An analysis of the relationship between individual risk perception and non-institutionalised political participation
The economic crisis of 2008 resulted in rising levels of unemployment, which were accompanied by protests in many countries. This led to a scientific...
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Introduction: Non-residents’ participation in the homeland arena from a European perspective
Ever-increasing international migration has challenged the democratic dimension of political inclusion, especially with incorporating non-resident...
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Social origin and political participation: does education compensate for or reinforce family advantages and disadvantages?
Whether educational attainment compensates for or reinforces family disadvantages in political participation is currently a debated topic. Previous...