The introductory article to this special issue highlights three fundamental yet often neglected
questions related to the current diagnosis of a crisis of democracy: What is meant by the term …

There is growing concern that Western liberal democracy has been undermined over the
decades by citizens' participation deficit in institutional politics and distrust of institutions and …

This study used scoping review as an approach to examine and determine the extent of
studies undertaken in civic engagement roles of libraries and librarians in times of rapid …

It is widely assumed that a representative democracy requires an enlightened citizenry in
order to function properly. The competence of citizens has been studied extensively and the …

Participatory innovations (PIs) have been introduced as one possible cure to democratic
malaises. Empirical research on these mechanisms for citizen participation has, however …

Social scientists have only recently begun to explore the link between health and political
engagement. Understanding this relationship is vitally important from both a scholarly and a …

This article argues that our view of citizens as miserably failing to maintain their role in
democracy is problematic, and that the problems stem from the “informed citizen” ideal: it is …

Replicating questions on climate change and polar knowledge from the United States, this
study examines the impact of climate related facts for predicting acceptance of …

Candidate endorsements affect the likelihood that people vote for a candidate since they
reduce the efforts devoted to vote choices. However, the effects of endorsements from …

Previous scholarship has focused primarily on how citizens' form policy preferences and
how those preferences are taken into account in democratic decision-making. However, the …