Reaching out to overcome political apathy: Building participatory capacity through deliberative engagement

Curato, Nicole; Niemeyer, Simon

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Reaching out to overcome political apathy: Building participatory capacity through deliberative engagement

Date

2013

Authors

Curato, Nicole

Niemeyer, Simon

Publisher

Wiley-Blackwell

Abstract

A common objection against deliberative democracy relates to the impression that citizens, in general, are unwilling to participate in democratic politics. We contribute to the growing literature that challenges this impression by analyzing the discursive