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"This book offers a look at the latest research within digital literacy and competence, setting the bar for the digital citizen of today and tomorrow"--Provided by publisher

In the light of recent developments in democracies, particularly voter abstentionism, the concept of political competence needs to be broadened to allow for the diversity of skills & knowledge agents may possess or acquire to express their preferences in the public sphere. This article presents a pragmatic synthesis of some recent studies based on an expanded praxiological & processual analysis of the acquisition of civic competence. This epistemological & theoretical approach is then illustrated by an ethnographic study of access to civic competence in a participatory budgeting organization, which underscores the malleability of the competence of agents placed in a favorable institutional setting. It therefore offers a model of politicization in interaction; iterated participation results in the bifurcation of agents' trajectories -- either towards more institutionalized civic engagement or increased cynicism about politics. Adapted from the source document.

"The Progressive government movement reined in corporate trusts and improved the lives of sweatshop workers. It created modern government, from the Federal Reserve to the nation's budgetary and civil service policies. Ask any American today and they will tell you how our government has hit a wall with profound implications. Trust in government is low, and the success of its programs. Instead of a focus on governmental effectiveness, the movement became known for governmental size. Both political parties contributed to the decline of the Progressive ideal, helping feed the gridlock and create a government that does not work the way citizens deserve. Donald Kettl argues for a rebirth of the Progressive spirit with a dedication to making the government work better. He outlines the problems in today's government, including political pressures, proxy tools, and capacity for management. Government Reclaimed details the strategies, evidence and people necessary to strengthen governmental effectiveness and shut down the gridlock"--

While the growing defiance and apathy of the public question contemporary democracies, ordinary citizens' involvement in participatory democracy institutions seems to have a positive impact on their civic competence. They gain a training in collective action, increase their technical and political knowledge, i.e., acquire new competences, significantly shaping their political trajectory. Even if these politicization processes -- stemming from participatory engagement -- are also due to actors' initial dispositions and to some generational factors, they could nevertheless have a decisive impact on the way representative government works, by fostering the emergence of new political and associative elites at the local level. Adapted from the source document.

Preface -- Partisan ambivalence and the contingent nature of political judgment -- Getting it right, making it easy, and validating our partisan commitments -- Matters of conceptualization, measurement, and antecedents -- Partisan ambivalence and preference formation -- Ambivalence and the partisan perceptual screen -- Ambivalent partisans at the polls -- Unmoved mover or rational choice? ambivalence and the dynamic nature of partisanship -- Partisan ambivalence, citizen competence, and American democracy

"The book deals with the question how students in multicultural EFL-classrooms can be prepared for their role as world citizens. The author shows that teaching English offers important potentials for cosmopolitan education due to its role as a lingua franca. The study develops the construct cosmopolitan communicative competence as a theoretical framework. It also presents a teaching approach that combines students' life-writing with the discussion of literary texts to advance the associated knowledge, skills and attitudes. The potentials of this approach are evaluated through the assessment of students' competence development"--

We study the impact of political knowledge on the attitudes of European citizens towards the possible distribution of responsibilities between European level institutions and national governments in three policy areas: foreign policy, defence and immigration policy. The hypothesis tested is that if citizens are not knowledgeable about how the EU works, they are more likely to be wrong about the consequences of a mismatch in the allocation of competences. In order to identify the causal effect of political knowledge on attitudes we use an instrumental variables approach. The results show that more informed citizens have a considerably higher probability of being in favour of the process of EU integration

Since the 1990s, the Swedish school system has become increasingly more diversified. Decentralization, the introduction of private schools, the challenge of globalization & increased ethnic diversity among pupils have contributed to an increasing heterogeneity. This project analyses the prospects for civic education in different institutional settings & contexts, in both public & private schools. Using unique survey data 1999 & 2009 we ask which effects different institutional settings have on "citizen competences," i.e., civic engagement, political efficacy, knowledge about democracy & political issues, & democratic values & tolerance. The project breaks down into three distinct but interrelated parts. The first deals with changes over time in young Swedes' civic competences. The second subproject focuses on the way & consequences when controversial issues are taught in different schools & institutional settings. The third sub-project adds a comparative perspective by analyzing similarities & differences among young people & schools in Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Finland & England. Adapted from the source document.

Introduction and overview / Adam Berinsky -- The practice of survey research : changes and challenges / D. Sunshine Hillygus -- Citizen competence and democratic governance / Martin Gilens -- Ideology and public opinion / Christopher Federico -- Affective polarization or hostility across the party divide : an overview / Shanto Iyengar -- Racial attitudes and American politics / Michael Tesler -- Race, ethnicity, and public opinion / Erica Czaja and Vladimir E. Medenica -- Categorical politics in action : gender and the 2016 presidential election / Nancy Burns, Donald Kinder and MollyReynolds -- Worldview politics / Marc Hetherington -- The emotional foundations of democratic citizenship / Ted Brader and Erin Cikanek -- No longer "beyond our scope" : the biological and non-conscious underpinnings of pblic opinion / FrankGonzalez, John Hibbing and Kevin Smith -- The "daily them" : hybridity, political polarization and presidential leadership in a digital media age / MattBaum and Danna Young -- How people learn about politics : navigating the information environment / Jennifer Jerit -- Campaigns and elections / John Sides and Jake Haselswerdt -- Ambivalence in American public opinion about immigration / Deborah Schildkraut -- Public opinion and public policy / Andrea Louise Campbell and Elizabeth Rigby -- Conclusion : assessing continuity and change / David Sears.