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 … level in Germany. Findings illustrate that citizens favoring representative democracy are less inclined to take part in …

difficulties of particular democracies to function properly confront democracy with a new series of challenges and opportunities … democracy. We survey a long period in the quest for such new forms and point to next inventions for such forms. We suggest to … experiment with new ways for democracy to extend the choice of democratic processes that can be implemented in real …