The dissatisfied and the engaged: Citizen support for citizens' assemblies and their willingness to participate

CD Walsh, JA Elkink - Irish Political Studies, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
citizens’ orientation towards deliberative democracy. The … fosters support for enhanced citizen
participation, thus the use of … perceived ability to participate in deliberative settings, and in …

Engaged, indifferent, skeptical or critical? Disentangling attitudes towards local deliberative mini-publics in four western European democracies

S Rojon, JB Pilet - Sustainability, 2021 - mdpi.com
citizens’ broader decision-making preferences and their … the enthusiasts of direct citizen
participation from the critics, our … direct citizen participation as either “engaged” or “enraged”. In …

Weak agency and preferences for participatory democracy: discourses of Spanish people in positions of socioeconomic disadvantage

P García-Espín - Democratization, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
… incomes were more willing to engage in deliberative processes with other citizens or with …
older participants’ (both men) were able to provide any examples of direct citizen involvement

Representation in an era of political and economic inequality: How and when citizen engagement matters

JE Leighley, J Oser - Perspectives on Politics, 2018 - cambridge.org
… Indeed, the media images of angry constituent protests at district … Does citizen participation
matter for public policy in the … of the wealthy, we also estimate several models of preference

Ideals and actions: Do citizens' patterns of political participation correspond to their conceptions of democracy?

Å Bengtsson, H Christensen - Government and Opposition, 2016 - cambridge.org
… understood as their preferences concerning the processes by … are related to the way they
engage in politics. The data … active citizen participation, we find higher rates of involvement for …

Public support for deliberative democracy. A specific look at the attitudes of citizens from disadvantaged groups

D Talukder, JB Pilet - Innovation: The European Journal of Social …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
citizens would call for a greater and more direct intervention of citizens in policy-making by
supporting democratic … willing to engage into new opportunities for political participation. They …

Interrogating the popularity of direct democracy among European national publics

PP Balestrini - Territory, Politics, Governance, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
… The preference for participative democracy may be rooted in … particular policy preferences
or ‘ill-feelings’ towards the political elite, it is primarily the public desire to be more involved in …

Engaged Citizens: A Tale of Status, Satisfaction or Structure? A Study of Citizens' Willingness to Participate in Mini-Publics

MN Grønningen - 2021 - bora.uib.no
… on the structural preferences based on subgroups, allowing … democratic process as a way
of boosting citizen involvement … value civic participation, which in turn, improves our civic skills …

Deliberating or thinking (twice) about democratic preferences: What German citizens want from democracy

S Goldberg, D Wyss, A Bächtiger - Political Studies, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
… out what citizens want if they had engaged in deliberation … suggests that preferences for more
citizen involvement and more … citizen involvement’, which contains both dialogue and direct

[PDF][PDF] 2 What Kind of Democracy Do the People Want?

L Rapeli, K Strandberg - Political Behaviour in Contemporary Finland - library.oapen.org
… prefer only little citizen participation also support direct democracy. Bengtsson … context,
suggesting that citizens’ process preferences may sometimes seem … Enraged or engaged? …