Citizenship and Democracy in an Era of Crisis: Empirical Perspectives

Thomas Poguntke (1) , Sigrid Rossteutscher (2) , Rüdiger Schmitt-Beck (3) , Sonja Zmerli (4)

1 Heinrich Heine Universität Düsseldorf = Heinrich Heine University [Düsseldorf]
2 Goethe-University Frankfurt am Main
3 University of Mannheim and CEPR
4 PACTE - Pacte, Laboratoire de sciences sociales

This volume brings together leading authorities in the field of democratic citizenship and participation to address pertinent questions concerning the quality of the democratic political process at the beginning of the twenty-first century. Analysing causes and consequences of recent developments in democratic governance and citizenship, it contributes new and original research to the ongoing debate on the crisis of representative democracy. The contributors deal with a broad range of issues including aspects of democratic citizenship and citizens' perceptions of system performance, political inequality and the democratic impact of participatory innovations.

Mots clés: citizenship; democracy; inequality; participation

Domaines: Science politique

Thomas Poguntke, Sigrid Rossteutscher, Rüdiger Schmitt-Beck, Sonja Zmerli (Dir.). Citizenship and Democracy in an Era of Crisis: Empirical Perspectives. Routledge, 2015. ⟨hal-01273552⟩