Output Democracy in local government

Individual social Resources are generally cconsidered to be among the strongest individual-level predictors of political participation. When the way in which Citizens relates to the political system changes it is crucal to ask how this alters the socio-demographic make-up of the participants. The paper examine the effects of individual social resources on both input- and output-related participation, and the relationship between there two forms of participation. We find that the two forms of participation are partly overlapping. However, whereas Norwegian-born respondents are more likely to contact local politicians, there is no difference between Norwegian born and Foreign born respondents when it comes to contact With administrative personnel. Complaints do not seem to motivate or demotivate Citizens to engage themselves in conventional politics.