Political Dropouts and the Effects of Participatory Innovations
What Ontario got Wrong and Norway gets Right
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6017008 |
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| Authors | Henry Milner (0000-0002-2261-5829, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2012 |
| Volume | 4 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Publication date | 2012-11-08 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Southern Journal of Canadian Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2562-4563 |
| Publisher | Carleton University (PUBLISHER • CA) |
| DOI | 10.22215/sjcs.v4i1.281 |
| OpenAlex | W2758129419 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 3 |
A number of innovations have been introduced to reduce the democratic deficit. I am particularly concerned about the deficit as reflected in the decline in voting at elections among young citizens, and, more widely, the apparent decline in attentiveness to (and, thus, knowledge of) political life. The result is a large number of political dropouts, a phenomenon that tends to be ignored in the literature on alternate forms of political engagement. In a number of democratic countries, a majority can be characterized as political dropouts. I first portray this situation, drawing on comparative, generational indicators of political participation and knowledge. The main part of the paper looks for ways to address this state of events in the form of innovations that aim to promote participation and improve democratic skills what is being done, and needs to be done
Citizen journalism · Democracy · democratic deficit · Development economics · Economics · Phenomenon · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · State (computer science · Voting · Law · Social Capital and Networks · Social Media and Politics
| Highly cited | No |
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