A Crisis of Participation

Sadiya AKRAM; David MARSH; Brendan McCAFFRIE

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A Crisis of Participation

Sadiya AKRAM, David MARSH, Brendan McCAFFRIE

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Concerns over declining levels of political participation in the UK, particularly in traditional activities such as voting and political party membership, have led many to argue that political apathy is increasing and that democracy is at risk (Putnam 2000, Macedo et al. 2005). Reading this literature one could assert that there is a general crisis of political participation. This chapter questions this interpretation and argues that the mainstream participation literature only provides a partial account of trends in political participation...

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Institutional Crisis in 21st Century Britain
Editors	David Richards, Martin Smith, Colin Hay
Place of Publication	London, UK
Publisher	Palgrave Macmillan
Chapter	2
Pages	39-59
Number of pages	21
ISBN (Print)	9781137334398
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137334398_3
Publication status	Published - 2014

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Name	Institutional Crisis in 21st-Century Britain

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