volunteering are breeding grounds for democratic virtues and skills and thus enhance political participation. Methods: Data from … regression techniques to assess the effect of voluntary association membership/activities on political participation in the UK …. Results: It is found that organizational activity (more than mere membership) positively impacts on political participation …

. Those citizens who favor a more expert oriented democracy, show mixed participation intentions … investigate how preferences of German citizens for types of democracy influence their retrospective as well as prospective … involvement in political will formation and decision‐making. This paper discusses the conceptions of democracy and assesses the …

This paper assesses if voting for democracy affects long-term electoral participation. We study the effects of … participating in Chile's 1988 plebiscite, which determined whether democracy would be reinstated after a 15-year long military … Plebiscite eligibility (participation) significantly increased electoral turnout three decades later, reaching 1.8 (3 …

deal with questions related to direct democracy, chapters three and four are about topics linked to representative … democracy. …