STUDY OBJECTIVE To determine the levels of participation in social and civic community life in a metropolitan region, and to assess differential levels of participation according to demographic, socioeconomic and health status. To contribute to policy debates on community participation, social capital and health using these empirical data. DESIGN Cross sectional, postal, self completed survey...

The youth have long represented an important constituency for electoral mobilization in Africa. Today, as the region faces a growing ‘youth bulge’ that is disproportionately burdened by unand underemployment, capturing the votes of this demographic is becoming more important than ever before. Yet, despite their numerical importance and the historical relevance of generational identities within ...

Synopsis: In many societies the use of the Internet for multiple functions in commerce and government has generated debate about whether the introduction of e-voting could reduce the costs of casting a ballot and therefore promote electoral participation. The argument developed in this study makes three claims: first, the evidence from the distribution of Internet access worldwide and within We...

To study the political mobilization of underrepresented groups, this article examines effect electoral systems on gender equality in voting. Theoretically, I argue that replacing a plurality system with proportional representation (PR) gives party elites greater incentives to mobilize women vote all but most competitive districts under rule. Yet, they need tap into women's networks succeed such...

This study estimates spatial representations of recent elections in Canada, France, The Netherlands and Israel. Its purpose is to test whether there exist systematic differences in the extent of spatial dispersion among parties and candidates in the majoritarian and proportional electoral systems. Canada and France are majoritarian systems, while The Netherlands and Israel are highly proportion...

Electioneering processes, particularly in the developing world has been marred by electoral frauds such as ballot snatching, multiple voting and other vices. The situation is compounded by the use of paper-based voter registration and voting systems. Although, there are already tendencies towards the adoption of electronic voting in some developing countries, they are still at rudimentary stage...