Citizenship, Involvement, Democracy: Private Networks for Public Action

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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.

 

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