Article history: Received 28 November 2014 Received in revised form 13 May 2015 Accepted 18 January 2016 Available online xxxx Despite over a decade-long experience of implementing e-Participation initiatives, there have been limited efforts so far to develop a detailed, comprehensive conceptualization for e-Participation considered from three distinct perspectives: as democratic process, a pro...

Political participation is one of the important pillars of any country's development. The purpose of this study is to investigate the relationship between social values ​​and political participation of Behbahan youth. For this purpose, the theories of Schwartz, Inglehart and Milbrath were used as a theoretical framework. The research method is survey. The sampling method is multi-stage cluster ...

There has been considerable research studying how the formal institutionalisation of community forests affects participation local communities. This paper studies a historical commons in Galicia order to provide insight into institutions are enmeshed with forestry logic and this shapes Europe. More specifically, we offer an alternative explanation for low levels participation, which goes beyond...

OBJECTIVES Although there are numerous studies on the role of social connections in early working life, research that examines how social connectedness matters in the later stages of a career is scarce. The present study analyzes to what extent social connectedness affects the timing of the transition from work to retirement. METHODS We draw on data from the German Socioeconomic Panel Study (...