The first edition of The Oxford Handbook of Political Participation boasts a remarkable line-up of first-rate scholars. Because democratic politics is simply unthinkable without it, political participation has become one of the core phenomena social scientists study. The field being fragmented across disciplines and approaches, this volume contains an heroic effort and presents a systematic and well-organized overview in highly informative chapters.
Marco Giugni is Professor in the Department of Political Science and International Relations and Director of the Institute of Citizenship Studies (InCite) at the University of Geneva. His research focuses on social movements and political participation.
Maria Grasso is Professor at the School of Politics and International Relations at Queen Mary University of London. She is the author of Generations, Political Participation and Social Change in Western Europe (Routledge 2016), amongst others.
Marco Giugni and Maria Grasso are co-authors of Street Citizens: Protest Politics and Social Movement Activism in the Age of Globalization (CUP 2019) and Living with Hard Times: Europeans in the Great Recession (ECPR Press 2021) and European Editors of Mobilization.