After discussing issues related to the conceptualization, measurement, and statistical
analysis of data on generalized trust, I survey recent empirical work (mainly from about 2000 …

This article reviews and synthesizes diverse streams of literature to assess the potential of
deliberative democracy for American public administration. It asserts that the field should …

Reviewing the literature on political participation and civic engagement, the article offers a
critical examination of different conceptual frameworks. Drawing on previous definitions and …

While the study of e-participation has gained increasing attention within political science, our
understanding of its underlying structure and relationship to offline participation is limited …

Scholars have repeatedly expressed concern about the consequences low levels of political
trust might have for the stability of democratic political systems. Empirical support and the …

This widely used and popular text provides a broad-ranging analysis of the relationship
between the media and politics. Revised and updated throughout, this second edition …

The roles of conspiracy beliefs and political trust for public health behaviour have seldomly
been studied prior to the COVID-19 pandemic. In this study, we tested whether conspiracy …

Both anecdotal and case-study evidence have long suggested that consumer behavior such
as the buying or boycotting of products and services for political and ethical reasons can …

Political participation refers to all forms of involvement in which citizens express their
political opinion and/or convey that opinion to political decision-makers. Some of the most …

Ethical consumer discourse is organized around the idea that shopping, and particularly
food shopping, is a way to create progressive social change. A key component of this …