New participatory dimensions in civil society [electronic resource] : professionalization and individualized collective action / edited by Jan W. van Deth and William A. Maloney.
This volume explores how citizens participate in democratic politics and the development of new participatory forms. It demonstrates that while the benefits of an active citizenry appear great in advanced democracies, many citizens don't find political involvement attractive and opt for individ...
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| Language: | English |
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Abingdon ; New York :
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2012.
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| Series: | Routledge/ECPR studies in European political science ;
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Table of Contents:
- 1. Introduction : democracy, professionalization and participation / Jan W. van Deth and William A. Maloney
- 2. How to domesticate civil society by public-private partnerships : evidence from German local health policy / Matthias Freise
- 3. Entrepreneurial participation in international local politics : the case of Marseilles, European capital of culture for 2013 / Nicolas Maisetti
- 4. New issues, new forms of action? : climate change and environmental activism in Britain / Christopher Rootes
- 5. The professionalization of the EU's civil society : a conceptual framework / Sabine Saurugger
- 6. The democratic contribution of professionalized representation / William A. Maloney
- 7. Professionalized supply-side mobilization : are financial contributors 'meaningful participants'? / Grant Jordan
- 8. New modes of participation and norms of citizenship / Jan W. van Deth
- 9. A remedy for unequal participation? : how welfare states impact on social and political engagement / Isabelle Stadelmann-Steffen
- 10. Peripheral participants : the activation of the politically less engaged in advanced democracies / Eline A. de Rooij
- 11. Surrogates for the underrepresented? : ideology and participatory inequality in personal and professional political action / Tom W.G. van der Meer
- 12. The stability of individualized collective action : results of a panel study among Belgian late adolescents / Ellen Quintelier and Marc Hooghe
- 13. Youth participation from the top down : the perspectives of government and community sector decision makers in Australia / Ariadne Vromen
- 14. Conclusions : professionalization and individualized political action? / William A. Maloney and Jan W. van Deth.