Democracy and the Role of Associations: Political, Strutural and Social Contexts (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780415325486)

Voluntary associations have been presented as a solution to political apathy and cynicism towards representative democracy. The authors collected in this volume, however, argue that these claims require more robust substantiation and seek to critically examine the crucial link between the associative sector and the health of democracy. Focusing on the role of context and using diverse approaches and empirical material, they explore whether these associations in differing socio-political contexts actually undermine rather than reinvigorate democracy.

Author: Sigrid Rossteutscher
ISBN-10: 041532548X
ISBN-13: 9780415325486
Publisher: Routledge
Language: English
Published: 03/03/2005
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.24lbs
Size: 9.60h x 6.10w x 0.82d