Abstract
The article examines trends in participation and engagement in the post-Soviet sphere, treating participation as one element of a wider examination of the ‘quality’ of democracy. Through analysis of trends in political interest, trust and traditional and non-traditional forms of participation since 1989, and taking into account elements of social and political capital, it concludes that the citizens in post-communist European states display fewer signs of political engagement than their Western counterparts, and that such tendencies are particularly notable in the post-Soviet ‘outsider’ states of Russia, Ukraine and, to a lesser extent, Belarus. Examination of the causes of disengagement suggests that it is partly accounted for by low levels of political efficacy and lack of interest in civic affairs.
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