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Democratic phoenix : Reinventing political activism

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Publication details: Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2002Description: 290p xiISBN:
  • 9780521010535
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 323.000000 NOR
Contents:
Contents List of tables; List of figures; Preface; Introduction: 1. The decline and fall of political activism?; 2. Theories of political activism; Part I. The Puzzle of Electoral Turnout: 3. Mapping turnout; 4. Do institutions matter?; 5. Who votes?; Part II. Political Parties: 6. Mapping party activism; 7. Who joins?; Part III. Social Capital and Civic Society: 8. Social capital and civic society; 9. Traditional mobilising agencies: unions and churches; 10. New social movements, protest politics and the internet; 11. Conclusions: the reinvention of political activism?; Appendix: comparative framework; Notes; Select bibliography; Index.
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Contents
List of tables;
List of figures;
Preface;
Introduction:
1. The decline and fall of political activism?;
2. Theories of political activism;
Part I. The Puzzle of Electoral Turnout:
3. Mapping turnout;
4. Do institutions matter?;
5. Who votes?;
Part II. Political Parties:
6. Mapping party activism;
7. Who joins?;
Part III. Social Capital and Civic Society:
8. Social capital and civic society;
9. Traditional mobilising agencies: unions and churches;
10. New social movements, protest politics and the internet;
11. Conclusions: the reinvention of political activism?;
Appendix: comparative framework;
Notes;
Select bibliography;
Index.