Youth political disengagement continues to be a major issue facing contemporary
democracies that needs to be better understood. There is an existing literature on what …

This article investigates how media use differs across age groups-and whether this matters
for people's inclination to participate politically. More specifically, the study investigates the …

Over the course of the last decade, policy makers in Britain have become increasingly
concerned about the apparent and persisting withdrawal by young people from the formal …

Over the past two decades, there has been a wide-ranging debate about the impact of
citizenship education on young people's political engagement and participation across …

In this study, we analyze for the first time newly available engagement data covering millions
of web links shared on Facebook to describe how and by which categories of US users …

Middle-aged to senior men of the ethnic majority and higher income groups are generally
overrepresented in parliaments. While research on group representation has examined …

This chapter investigates and analyses contemporary research regarding political
participation. An extensive discussion on different conceptualizations and definitions of …

Despite profound changes to the higher education sector in the UK over recent years, which
have tended to emphasise the role of prospective students as active choosers within a …

Officeholders in contemporary parliaments and cabinets are more likely than not to be male,
wealthy, middle-aged or older, and from the dominant ethnicity, whereas young adults have …

The awareness has grown that citizen participation may contribute to the quality of and
support for government policies. This study focuses on citizens' intentions to take part in co …