{"product_id":"citizenship-and-involvement-in-european-democracies","title":"Citizenship and Involvement in European Democracies","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis unique study presents the results of a cross-national analysis of citizenship and participation among citizens in twelve European democracies.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eResearch 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eCitizenship and Involvement in European Democracies\u003c\/em\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book has a companion volume entitled \u003cem\u003eSocial Capital and Associations in European Democracies\u003c\/em\u003e edited by William A. Maloney and Sigrid Roßteutscher (Routledge, 2006). \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBoth volumes will be of great interest to students and researchers of European politics, comparative politics and sociology.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54225529897304,"sku":"9780415479608","price":71.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780415479608.jpg?v=1768629654","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/citizenship-and-involvement-in-european-democracies","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}