action have given rise to new conceptual frameworks such as participatory democracy, which aim to capture the impact of new … forms of participation and collective action on democracy in the region. As a means of exploring the possibilities of … deepening democracy, such frameworks have taken as their focal point the institutionalisation of 'alternative' forms and …

protest, and the consequences of political distrust for the stability of democracy. Do these protests represent a revolt of … the distrustful which intensifies the frequently invoked crisis of democracy? Our study answers this question by focusing … trust in the core institutions of representative democracy in Germany and that political distrust increases the readiness …