Book review: Civic participation in America by Quentin Kidd

"Civic Participation in America." Quentin Kidd. Palgrave Macmillan. December 2013. --- Participation in democratic processes has fallen significantly in recent years, a decline Quentin Kidd believes to be associated with changes in citizenship, the political economy and the public sphere. This is a book focused on the United States that has great relevance for Britain and the rest of Europe, writes Nick Hayward, although there are questions around the author’s reluctance to address the importance of social and economic inequalities in the debate about falling participation.