Citizenship and Involvement in European Democracies: A Comparative Analysis (Routledge Research in Comparative Politics): 17 - Softcover

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ISBN 10: 0415479606 ISBN 13: 9780415479608

Publisher: Routledge, 2006

Synopsis

This unique study presents the results of a cross-national analysis of citizenship and participation among citizens in twelve European democracies. Research on the future and quality of contemporary democracy is usually restricted to focus either on political participation, on particular aspects of citizenship, or on social activities, exclusively. This new book offers the first empirical investigation of the relationships both between social and political involvement, and between 'small-scale' and 'large-scale? democracies Citizenship and Involvement in European Democracies offers representative samples of the populations in a selection of European countries between 2000-2002, including: Denmark, Germany (East and West), Moldova, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, and Switzerland. The leading contributors provide new theoretical insights and offer a broad conceptualization of citizenship, stimulating the ongoing discussions about the problems and challenges of democratic political systems. This book has a companion volume entitled Social Capital and Associations in European Democracies edited by William A. Maloney and Sigrid Roßteutscher (Routledge, 2006). Both volumes will be of great interest to students and researchers of European politics, comparative politics and sociology.

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Jan W. Van Deth, José Ramón Montero, Anders Westholm

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0415479606
• ISBN 13: 9780415479608
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 512
• Editor: Van Deth Jan W.