Activating the citizen: dilemmas of participation in Europe and Canada

The decline of citizen involvement affects two key elements of democratic government: elections and political parties. Activating the Citizen examines the reasons underlying citizen withdrawal and explores and assesses innovative approaches on both sides of the Atlantic to try to counter these phenomena. INDICE: Introduction; J.H.Pammett ; J.DeBardeleben - PART I: DEFINING THE PARTICIPATION GAP - Citizen Participation and Democratic Deficits: Considerations from the Perspective of Democratic Theory; M.Warren - The Decline of Political Participation: An Empirical Overview of Voter Turnout and Party Membership; A.Siaroff - PART II: VOTER TURNOUT: UNDERSTANDING THE DECLINE - Turnout in Electoral Democracies Revisited; A.Blais ; A.Dobrzynska - Where Turnout Holds Firm: The Scandinavian Exceptions; J.Elklit ; L.Togeby - New Members, Old Issues: The Problem of Voter Turnout in European Parliament Elections; J.DeBardeleben ; L.LeDuc - PART III: PARTIES AS VEHICLES OF PARTICIPATION - Party Membership and Activism in Comparative Perspective; P.Whiteley - Models of Party Organization and Europarties; L.Bardi ; E.Calossi - Grassroots Participation and Party Leadership Selection: Examining the British and Canadian Cases; W.Cross ;J.Crysler - PART IV: BEYOND ELECTIONS AND PARTIES: INNOVATIONS IN ACTIVATING CITIZENS - Participation and the Good Citizen; J.H.Pammett - Institutionalizing Participation through Citizens' Assemblies; J.Rose - Citizen Involvement in Constitutional Politics: European and Canadian Experiences; L.LeDuc - Youth Engagement, Civic Engagement, and New Vehicles of Political Participation; E.Saunders

• ISBN: 978-0-230-57594-3
• Editorial: Palgrave Macmillan
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 328
• Fecha Publicación: 12/08/2009
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés