Rethinking Civic Participation in Democratic Theory and Practice

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Dacombe, Rod (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Summary:XV, 212 p. 11 illus.
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Language:English
Published: London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
Edition:1st ed. 2018.
Series:The Theories, Concepts and Practices of Democracy,
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-58825-8
Format: Electronic Book
Table of Contents:
  • 1. The problem with civic participation
  • 2. Neighbourhood poverty and the democracy of association
  • 3. Participation and democracy in policy and practice
  • 4. Civic life in Blackbird Leys
  • 5. Civic participation, formal politics and the democratic underground
  • 6. Community structure, participation and stability
  • 7. Networks, reciprocity and trust
  • 8. Does deprivation really work against participation?
  • 9. Responding to democracy’s critics.