GEORGINA BLAKELEY Lecturer in Politics, University of HuddersfieldPETER BURNELL Professor of Politics, University of WarwickROBERT DAHL Sterling Professor of Political Science, Yale UniversityRON JOHNSTON Professor, School of Geographical Sciences, University of BristolTIM JORDAN Lecturer in Sociology, Open UniversityMARTIN LODGE Lecturer in Public Policy, University of Ulster, JordanstownHENRY MILNER Political Scientist affiliated with Laval University in Canada and the University of Umea, SwedenPIPPA NORRIS Associate Director (Research), and Lecturer, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard UniversityELINOR OSTROM Co-Director, Workshop in Political Theory and Policy Analysis, Indiana UniversityJAN OTT PhD Research, Erasmus UniversityJOHN PARKINSON Doctoral Student, Melbourne UniversityCHARLES PATTIE Professor, Department of Geography, University of SheffieldBENJAMIN RADCLIFF Associate Professor of Government, University of Notre Dame, ParisJONATHAN WOLFF Professor of Philosophy, University College LondonPERRI 6 Senior Research Fellow, Department of Government, University of Strathclyde

• Introduction CHALLENGES FOR DEMOCRACY: EQUALITY AND SATISFACTION Political Equality in the Coming Century; R.Dahl Levelling Down; J.Wolff The Political Economy of Human Happiness; B.Radcliff Freedom and the Achievement of Happiness; J.Ott CHALLENGES FROM SOCIETY: CHANGING PETTERNS OF POLITICAL INVOLVEMENT Is there a Crisis of Democracy in Great Britain? Turnout at General Elections Reconsidered; R.Johnston & C.Pattie Social Capital, Civic Literacy and Political Participation: Explaining Differences in Voter Turnout; H.Milner A Virtuous Circle? The Impact of Political Communications in Post-Industrial Democracies; P.Norris Hactivism: Direct Action on the Electronic Flows of Information Societies; T.Jordan Deliberative Democracy and Referendums; J.Parkinson Creating Spaces of Deliberation in Barcelona: Its Good to Talk?; G.Blakeley CHALLENGES FROM THE STATE: CHANGING INSTITUTIONS External Influences on Party Development and Transnational Party Cooperation: The Case of Post-Communist Europe; G.Pridham Promoting Parties and Party Systems in New Democracies: Is there Anything the International Community Can Do?; P.Burnell Regulatory Accountability: Towards a Single Citizen-Consumer Model?; M.Lodge E-Governance: Weber's Revenge?; Perri 6 Decentralization and Development: the New Panacea; E.Ostrom Index