Voter turnout has puzzled political scientists ever since Anthony Downs postulated the
paradox of voting. Despite decades of research aiming to understand what drives citizens to …

Have de-industrialization, expanding services and occupational upgrading put an end to
class divisions? Drawing on extensive empirical research, this book adds new insights to the …

Gerontocracy, in its narrowest sense, refers to political systems ruled by elderly people,
whether de jure or de facto. Although formal gerontocratic rules are progressively …

In 2016, 90% of young Americans reported an interest in politics. 80% intended to vote. Yet
only 43% of people between the ages of 18 and 29 ended up actually casting a ballot …

Why has voter turnout declined in democracies all over the world? This article draws on
findings from microlevel studies and theorizes two explanations: generational change and a …

Are young people today politically'apathetic'? Or are they democratically'mature'citizens?
This book examines several types of involvement to reveal changes in young people's …

Voter turnout has consistently declined since the 1980s across a wide range of advanced
democracies. Much of this decline appears to be the result of young people abstaining. In …

This new comparative analysis shows that there are reasons to be concerned about the
future of democratic politics. Younger generations have become disengaged from the …

Critics of giving citizens under 18 the right to vote argue that such teenagers lack the ability
and motivation to participate effectively in elections. If this argument is true, lowering the …

This book took five years to write, from its first conceptualisation to the final version, and
came into being over three stages of my professional career. It started out as a Ph. D. thesis …