Abstract

Political participation is often considered an important way for people to engage in an attempt to influence politics. Whether participation actually translates into more implementation of policies preferred by participators remains an open question, however.

Jennifer Oser is associate professor in the Department of Politics and Government at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev in Israel. Her research agenda focuses on the relationships between public opinion, political participation, and representation and she is Principal Investigator Principal Investigator of the ERC Starting Grant project "Participation and Representation in the Digital Age".

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