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Participation and Democracy East and West: Comparisons and Interpretations

By Dietrich Rueschemeyer

Book information

Publisher
Routledge
Year
1998
ISBN
076560230X, 9780765602305
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
9 MB (9761618 bytes)
Pages
304\0
Time added
2015-12-05 14:14:16
Democracy Ideologies Doctrines Politics Government

Description

Since Alexis de Tocqueville first made the linkage in his writings on America, a healthy democracy has been associated with the flourishing of civil society, as measured by popular participation in voluntary and civic activities and the vitality of organizations that mediate between the individual and the state. This volume takes a fresh look at this classic theme in the context of post-communist Eastern Europe, the West European welfare states and the United States, asking: what patterns of participation characterize the new democracies of Eastern Europe?; what levels of civic activism are characteristic of contemporary Western democracies?; what factors account for differences among countries and changing patterns over time?; and what do findings suggest about the prospects for democracy in the 21st century?

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