TY - BOOK ID - 101940067 TI - Understanding Cultural Non-Participation in an Egalitarian Context PY - 2022 SN - 9783031188657 PB - Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, DB - UniCat KW - Culture. KW - Equality.. KW - Social participation. KW - Participation, Social KW - Community life KW - Social groups KW - Egalitarianism KW - Inequality KW - Social equality KW - Social inequality KW - Political science KW - Sociology KW - Democracy KW - Liberty KW - Cultural sociology KW - Culture KW - Sociology of culture KW - Civilization KW - Popular culture KW - Social aspects KW - Social structure. KW - Equality. KW - Culture—Study and teaching. KW - Sociology of Culture. KW - Social Structure. KW - Cultural Studies. KW - Organization, Social KW - Social organization KW - Anthropology KW - Social institutions KW - Study and teaching. KW - Cultural studies UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:101940067 AB - This open access book uses a rich data set, from individuals whose background profiles statistically predict strong cultural non-participation, to explore the most salient lifestyles and symbolic boundaries drawn in these potentially disengaged groups.The book departs from a theoretical framework in which cultural practices and cultural participation in their most visible and tangible form are seen as manifestations of cultural capital and power, to show empirically that people and groups dubbed passive in many policy documents and scholarly research are actually relatively active, both in terms of traditional cultural participation and different kinds of social and anthropological understandings of participation. . ER -