Citizenship, Involvement, Democracy: Private Networks for Public Action

Research question/goal: 

Aim of the project is a theoretical and empirical understanding of the mechanisms which produce social and political inequality. In the center of the project is the question of who is recruited by whom into voluntary associations of different kinds. The project will examine the process of recruitment through i) marketing attempts of organizations and ii) the mobilization through private networks of friends, colleagues and family.

Fact sheet

Duration: 
2006 to 2007
Status: 
canceled
Data Sources: 
survey
Geographic Space: 
Europe

Publications

Books

Maloney, William A., and Jan W. van Deth (Eds.) (2010): Civil Society and Activism in Europe. Contextualizing Engagement and Political Orientations. London: Routledge. more
van Deth, Jan W., José Ramón Montero and Anders Westholm (Eds.) (2007): Citizenship and Involvement in European Democracies. A comparative analysis. London, New York: Routledge. [Routledge research in comparative politics; 17] more
van Deth, Jan W., Edeltraud Roller and Frank Brettschneider (Eds.) (2006): Jugend und Politik: "Voll normal!". Der Beitrag der politischen Soziologie zur Jugendforschung. Wiesbaden: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften. more

Journal Articles

van Deth, Jan W. (2007): Oude oplossing voor nieuwe problemen?. Maatschappij & Politiek, 38, issue 5, pp. 4-6. more
Roßteutscher, Sigrid (2005): Wertsynthese: Kein unsinniges Konzept, sondern traurige Realität. Replik zur Kritik von Helmut Thome. Kölner Zeitschrift für Soziologie und Sozialpsychologie, 57, issue 3, pp. 543-549. more

Book Chapters

Maloney, William A., and Jan W. van Deth (2010): Conclusion: Activists, active people and citizens in European communities. Pp. 231-241 in: William A. Maloney, Jan W. van Deth (Eds.) Civil Society and Activism in Europe. Contextualizing Engagement and Political Orientations. London: Routledge. more
van Deth, Jan W. (2010): Introduction: Contextualizing civil societies in European communities. Pp. 1-16 in: William A. Maloney, Jan W. van Deth (Eds.) Civil Society and Activism in Europe. Contextualizing Engagement and Political Orientations. London: Routledge. more
Andersen, Jorgen Goul, and Sigrid Roßteutscher (2007): Small-scale democracy: citizen power in the domains of everyday life. Pp. 221-254 in: Jan W. van Deth, José Ramón Montero, Anders Westholm (Eds.) Citizenship and Involvement in European Democracies. A comparative analysis. London, New York: Routledge. more
van Deth, Jan W. (2007): Norms of Citizenship. Pp. 402-417 in: Russel J. Dalton, Hans-Dieter Klingemann (Eds.) The Oxford Handbook of Political Bahavior. Oxford: University Press. more
van Deth, Jan W. (2006): Democracy and involvement. The benevolent aspects of social participation. Pp. 101-129 in: Mariano Torcal, José Ramón Montero (Eds.) Political Disaffection in Contemporary Democracies. Social capital, institutions, and politics. London and New York: Routledge. more

Conference Presentations

Roßteutscher, Sigrid (2006): CDU-Wahl 2005: Katholiken, Kirchgänger und eine protestantische Spitzenkandidatin aus dem Osten. [Gemeinsame Tagung der DVPW-Arbeitskreise "Wahlen und politische Einstellungen", "Parteienforschung" sowie "Politik und Kommunikation" zur Bundestagswahl 2005, Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin, August 19th to August 20th, 2006] more
Roßteutscher, Sigrid (2005): State Regulation, Religious Pluralism and the Generation of Social Capital. [Workshop for Preliminary Presentations of Findings from the Citizenship, Involvement, Democracy (CID) Survey Project, Center for Democracy and the Third Sector (CDATS), Georgetown University, Washington, DC, December 12th to December 14th, 2005] more
Roßteutscher, Sigrid (2005): State Regulation, Religious Pluralism and the Generation of Social Capital. [Civic Engagement and Values in the United States and Europe, Georgetown University, Washington, DC, December 12th to December 14th, 2005] more
Zmerli, Sonja (2005): Zivilgesellschaftliche Strukturen in Deutschland - Merkmale, Enststehungsbedingungen und Relevanz für die Demokratie. [Das Programm LOS: Einbindungs-, Aushandlungs- und Kooperationsprozesse in der Kommune, Halle/Saale, July 06th to July 07th, 2005] more