%0 Journal Article %1 citeulike:349224 %A Verba, Sidney %D 2003 %I Cambridge University Press %J Perspectives on Politics %K democracy inequality %N 4 %P 663--680 %T Would the Dream of Political Equality Turn out to Be a Nightmare? %U http://www.swetswise.com/eAccess/viewAbstract.do?articleID=20702015 %V 1 %X Studies of citizen participation often assume that widespread and equal participation is beneficial for democracy. This article examines the arguments for and against equal citizen participation: although it may lead to lower-quality participation-less informed, less supportive of democracy-it also leads to a distortion of the needs and preferences of citizens as they are communicated into the political process.

@article{citeulike:349224, abstract = {Studies of citizen participation often assume that widespread and equal participation is beneficial for democracy. This article examines the arguments for and against equal citizen participation: although it may lead to lower-quality participation-less informed, less supportive of democracy-it also leads to a distortion of the needs and preferences of citizens as they are communicated into the political process.}, added-at = {2007-04-06T10:50:16.000+0200}, author = {Verba, Sidney}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/2766993a94485f268a81d2e670b7c5e06/mhermans}, citeulike-article-id = {349224}, interhash = {6df831e495e7e41a25c4bc29ec294ccb}, intrahash = {766993a94485f268a81d2e670b7c5e06}, journal = {Perspectives on Politics}, keywords = {democracy inequality}, month = {December}, number = 4, pages = {663--680}, priority = {2}, publisher = {Cambridge University Press}, timestamp = {2007-04-06T10:50:17.000+0200}, title = {Would the Dream of Political Equality Turn out to Be a Nightmare?}, url = {http://www.swetswise.com/eAccess/viewAbstract.do?articleID=20702015}, volume = 1, year = 2003 }