TY - BOOK ID - 230953 TI - Democratic phoenix : reinventing political activism PY - 2002 SN - 0521811775 0521010535 0511610076 PB - New York (N.Y.) : Cambridge university press, DB - UniCat KW - Community organization KW - Political sociology KW - Political participation KW - Political action committees KW - Elections KW - Voting KW - #SBIB:324H50 KW - #SBIB:024.IO KW - Polls KW - Politics, Practical KW - Social choice KW - Suffrage KW - Electoral politics KW - Franchise KW - Political science KW - Plebiscite KW - Political campaigns KW - Representative government and representation KW - PACs (Political action committees) KW - Pressure groups KW - Citizen participation KW - Community action KW - Community involvement KW - Community participation KW - Involvement, Community KW - Mass political behavior KW - Participation, Citizen KW - Participation, Community KW - Participation, Political KW - Political activity KW - Political behavior KW - Political rights KW - Social participation KW - Political activists KW - Politieke participatie en legitimiteit (referenda, directe democratie, publieke opinie...) KW - Elections. KW - Political participation. KW - Political parties. KW - Pressure groups. KW - Social movements. KW - Political parties KW - Social movements KW - Movements, Social KW - Social history KW - Social psychology KW - Advocacy groups KW - Interest groups KW - Political interest groups KW - Special interest groups (Pressure groups) KW - Functional representation KW - Lobbying KW - Policy networks KW - Social control KW - Parties, Political KW - Party systems, Political KW - Political party systems KW - Divided government KW - Intra-party disagreements (Political parties) KW - Political conventions KW - Social Sciences KW - Political Science UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:230953 AB - Conventional wisdom suggests that citizens in many countries have become disengaged from the traditional channels of political participation. Commentators highlight warning signs including sagging electoral turnout, rising anti-party sentiment, and the decay of civic organizations. But are these concerns justified? This book, first published in 2002, compares systematic evidence for electoral turnout, party membership, and civic activism in countries around the world and suggests good reasons to question assumptions of decline. Not only is the obituary for older forms of political activism premature, but new forms of civic engagement may have emerged in modern societies to supplement traditional modes. The process of societal modernization and rising levels of human capital are primarily responsible, although participation is also explained by the structure of the state, the role of agencies, and social inequalities. ER -