Following extensive debates about post-democracy and post-politics, scholarly attention has
shifted to conceptualizing the ongoing transformation of democracy. In this endeavour, the …

The broad expansion of non-electoral political participation is considered one of the major
changes in the nature of democratic citizenship in the 21st century. Most scholars–but also …

The last three decades have witnessed a global spreading of a huge variety of democratic
experiments and innovations (Smith 2009; problems: Ryfe 2005). Multiple forms of dialogue …

When it comes to the status of democracy, the current times present a curious chasm: On the
one hand, the depoliticization of contemporary discourses and institutions has led to both …

Democracies are transforming worldwide, but at the same time political inequality is
increasing. This development threatens to leave growing portions of mass publics effectively …

According to the mainstream literature on political participation, declining rates of voting and
party and interest group membership reflect a crisis of democracy in Western democracies …

What is the relationship between participatory and radical democracy and why are they
relevant? This paper answers these questions by bringing into conversation the participatory …

When money equates to power and the system is rigged in favor of wealthy elites, why do
we still pretend we are living in a democracy? In Living under Post-Democracy, Caleb R …

The National Academy of Public Administration, like the National Academy of Sciences, is
an independent, nonprofit organization chartered by Congress to identify emerging issues of …

Discussions of a presumed shift toward more participatory styles of politics often focus on
'unconventional'participation and on ways citizens may circumvent traditional partisan …