Democratic phoenix : reinventing political activism
"This book compares systematic evidence for electoral turnout, party membership, and civic activism in countries around the world and suggests good reasons to question assumptions of decline. Not only is the obituary for older forms of political activism premature, but new forms of civic engagement may have emerged in modern societies to supplement traditional modes. Political participation appears to have evolved over the years, in terms of the agencies, the actions used for political expression, and the political actors that participants seek to influence
Print Book, English, 2002
Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK, 2002
xiv, 290 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
9780521811774, 9780521010535, 0521811775, 0521010535
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The decline and fall of political activism?
Theories of political activism
Mapping turnout
Do institutions matter?
Who votes?
Mapping party activism
Who joins?
Civic society and social capital
Traditional mobilizing agencies: unions and churches
New social movements, protest politics and the Internet
Conclusions: the reinvention of political activism?
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