Since its publication in 2002, the arguments raised in Stealth Democracy by Hibbing and Theiss-Morse have been widely discussed.Most researchesseemedindicate that a general demand to increase the citizen participation in the political processes of decision-making exists.In contrast, Stealth Democracy showed that –at least in the United States- this demand or support for participatory practices were very far from universal.In this paper we are going to analyze this problem focusing on four European countries (Finland, The Netherlands, Spain and the United Kingdom). We will establish a methodological dialogue comparing the four questionnaires used in each of these four countries in order to combine the evidence and observe the similarities and differences in the patterns of how European citizens want that the political decisions to be taken.
