It could be assumed that people who support democracy will participate more in politics, since their world-vision is more friendly to participation than if they were more authoritarians. But there is no research on that. That is important for democratic stability: if anti-democratic people participate more in politics than the democratic ones, that could pose a challenge.
Dear Guilherme, I hope this paper will be useful for your research:
Heller et al. Building Local Democracy: Evaluating the Impact
of Decentralization in Kerala, India
http://siteresources.worldbank.org/EXTGOVANTICORR/Resources/3035863-1291223960989/sdarticle-India-Decentralization.pdf
http://siteresources.worldbank.org/EXTGOVANTICORR/Resources/3035863-1291223960989/sdarticle-India-Decentralization.pdf
Hi Guilherme,
Maybe the book "O parlamento aberto na era da internet : pode o povo colaborar com o Legislativo na elaboração da leis?", can help you.
In this book have two cases studies with some informations about the profile of citizens who participate in this cases.
The book are available in portuguese, spanish and english: http://bd.camara.gov.br/bd/handle/bdcamara/7867
I encourage you to look up Gerrie Mackie, UC San Diego, Democracy Defended, Cambridge University Press (2003) As you will see in the reviews at the link below, the book is theoretical, but he has chapters that review every empirical work extant that attempts to discredit democracy.
http://www.amazon.com/Democracy-Defended-Contemporary-Political-Theory/dp/0521534313?ie=UTF8&n=283155&ref_=dp_proddesc_0&s=books&showDetailProductDesc=1#iframe-wrapper
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