Publisher's Synopsis
Public participation in local government is a crucial indicator of the health of local democracy. The most visible manifestation of such participation is voting at local elections. The proportion of eligible electors who cast a ballot is the common way by which participation is measured. This study aims to set out how turnout has varied through time; assess the relative impact of various structural, political, socio-economic and spatial factors on turnouts; and identify those factors which seem to produce high or low turnouts, or variations in turnout, in particular cases.
