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Citizenship and Involvement in European Democracies A Comparative Analysis
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.
INTRODUCTION
Chapter 1: Citizenship, Involvement, and Democracy in Europe
Anders Westholm, José Ramón Montero, and Jan W. van Deth
PART I: CIVIC ORIENTATIONS
Chapter 2: Trust in People, Confidence in Political Institutions, and Satisfaction with Democracy
Sonja Zmerli, Ken Newton, and José Ramón Montero
Chapter 3: Political Confidence in Representative Democracies: Socio-Cultural vs. Political Explanations
Bas Denters, Oscar Gabriel, and Mariano Torcal
Chapter 4: Norms of Good Citizenship
Bas Denters, Oscar Gabriel, and Mariano Torcal
Chapter 5: Political and Social Tolerance
José Manuel Leite Viegas
PART II: VOLUNTARY ORGANIZATIONS AND SOCIAL NETWORKS
Chapter 6: Associational Involvement
Laura Morales and Peter Geurts
Chapter 7: Explaining Associational Involvement
Gabriel Badescu and Katja Neller
Chapter 8: Social Networks
Hajdeja Iglic and Joan Font Fábregas
PART III: SMALL-SCALE DEMOCRACY
Chapter 9: Small-Scale Democracy: Citizen Power in the Domains of Everyday Life
Jørgen Goul Andersen and Sigrid Roßteutscher
Chapter 10: Small-Scale Democracy: The Determinants of Action
Hanspeter Kriesi and Anders Westholm
Chapter 11: Small-Scale Democracy: The Consequences of Action
Anders Westholm and Emanuel von Erlach
PART IV: LARGE-SCALE DEMOCRACY
Chapter 12: Political Involvement
Irene Martín and Jan W. van Deth
Chapter 13: Political Participation: Mapping the Terrain
Jan Teorell, Mariano Torcal, and José Ramón Montero
Chapter 14: Political Participation and Associational Involvement
Klaus Armingeon
Chapter 15: Participation and Political Equality: An Assessment of Large-Scale Democracy
Jan Teorell, Paul Sum, and Mette Tobiasen
CONCLUSION
Chapter 16: The Realisation of Democratic Citizenship in Europe
José Ramón Montero, Anders Westholm, and Jan W. van Deth
Biography
Jan W. Van Deth, José Ramón Montero, Anders Westholm
