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

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Corporate Author: NetLibrary, Inc
Other Authors: Rueschemeyer, Dietrich
Rueschemeyer, Marilyn, 1938-
Wittrock, Björn
Language:English
Published: Armonk, N.Y. : M.E. Sharpe, [1998], ©1998.
Subjects:
Electronic books.
Democracy > Europe, Eastern.
Democracy > Europe, Western.
Democracy > United States.
Comparative government.
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Electronic books.
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Physical Description:xi, 290 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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Contents:
  • Self-organization of society and democratic rule : specifying the relationship / Dietrich Rueschemeyer
  • Institutions and actors in a new democracy : the vanishing legacy of communist and solidarity types of participation in Poland / Andrzej Rychard
  • Local democratization in the Czech Republic after 1989 / Michal Illner
  • Emerging paradox : civil society from above? / Ferenc Miszlivetz and Jody Jensen
  • Social democratic party in eastern Germany : political participation in the former GDR after unification / Marilyn Rueschemeyer
  • State, associations, and the transition to democracy : early corporatism in Sweden / Bo Rothstein
  • Norwegian voluntary sector and civil society in transition : women as catalysts for deep-seated change / Per Selle
  • Social alliances and coalitions : the organizational underpinnings of democracy in western Germany / Bernhard Wessels
  • Democracy in America at the end of the twentieth century / Robert D. Putnam
  • Conclusion : contrasting patterns of participation and democracy / Dietrich Rueschemeyer, Marilyn Rueschemeyer, and Björn Wittrock.