Participation and democracy, East and West : comparisons and interpretations / edited by Dietrich Rueschemeyer, Marilyn Rueschemeyer, and Björn Wittrock.

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors:	Rueschemeyer, Dietrich (Editor), Rueschemeyer, Marilyn (Editor), Wittrock, Björn (Editor)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Oxfordshire [England] ; New York, New York : Routledge, 2015.
Subjects:	Democracy > Europe, Eastern. Democracy > Europe, Western. Democracy > United States. Comparative government. Comparative government Democracy Eastern Europe Western Europe United States
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Table of Contents:

Cover ; Half Title ; Title Page ; Copyright Page ; Dedication ; Table of Contents ; About the Editors and Contributors; Acknowledgments; 1. Introduction; 2. The Self-Organization of Society and Democratic Rule: Specifying the Relationship; 3. Institutions and Actors in a New Democracy: The Vanishing Legacy of Communist and Solidarity Types of Participation in Poland; 4. Local Democratization in the Czech Republic After 1989; 5. An Emerging Paradox: Civil Society from Above?; 6. The Social Democratic Party in Eastern Germany: Political Participation in the Former GDR After Unification.
7. The State, Associations, and the Transition to Democracy: Early Corporatism in Sweden8. The Norwegian Voluntary Sector and Civil Society in Transition: Women as Catalysts for Deep-Seated Change; 9. Social Alliances and Coalitions: The Organizational Underpinnings of Democracy in Western Germany; 10. Democracy in America at the End of the Twentieth Century; 11. Conclusion: Contrasting Patterns of Participation and Democracy; Index.

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