Can we design institutions that increase and deepen citizen participation in the political
decision making process? At a time when there is growing disillusionment with the …

Contemporary society has witnessed major growth in global governance, yet the legitimacy
of global governance remains deeply in question. This book offers the first full comparative …

Early in the 1950s my parents tired of summer holidays mostly spent on chilly wind-swept
beaches and embarked, with hire car, tents, and four young children, on what was, in the …

Using surveys conducted in sixteen mature and newly established democracies around the
globe, this study examines the effect of corruption on people's attitudes toward government …

Democratic elections are designed to create unequal outcomes: for some to win, others
have to lose. This book examines the consequences of this inequality for the legitimacy of …

Providing an in-depth analysis of public opinion, including its origins in political
socialization, its role in the electoral process, and the impact of the media, American Public …

Scholars and policy makers debate whether elites and citizens hold different views of the
legitimacy of international organizations (IOs). Until now, sparse data has limited our ability …

While a long tradition of research documents the demographic and psychological
determinants of political participation, there is also evidence to suggest that changes in …

Three unprecedented large-scale democratic experiments have recently taken place.
Citizen assemblies on electoral reform were conducted in British Columbia, the Netherlands …

News use and political discussion are often studied as important factors in understanding
the effects of political efficacy on participation. However, measurements of external efficacy …