Citizenship and Involvement in European Democracies

<p>This unique study presents the results of a cross-national analysis of citizenship and participation among citizens in twelve European democracies.</p><p>Research 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. </p><p><em>Citizenship and Involvement in European Democracies</em> 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.</p><p>This book has a companion volume entitled <em>Social Capital and Associations in European Democracies</em> edited by William A. Maloney and Sigrid Roßteutscher (Routledge 2006). </p><p>Both volumes will be of great interest to students and researchers of European politics comparative politics and sociology.</p>