Participatory Democracy in Southern Europe - Causes, Characteristics and Consequences

Using a highly original multi-method approach, this book examines a wide range of innovative institutional participatory processes across Spain, Italy and France.

List of contents

Introduction, Joan Font, Donatella della Porta and Yves Sintomer / The National and Regional Contexts of Participatory Experiences, Yves Sintomer and Eloísa del Pino / The Causes of Local Participation, Joan Font, Dolores Sesma and Paloma Fontcuberta / Institutional Participatory Initiatives and Democratic Qualities, Donatella della Porta, Herbert Reiter and Pau Alarcón / Citizens and Participation, Joan Font, Carolina Galais, Magdalena Wojcieszak and Pau Alarcón / The Cultural Consequences of Engagement in Democratic Processes, María Jesús Funes, Julien Talpin and Mathias Rull / Conclusion, Joan Font, Donatella della Porta and Yves Sintomer / Appendix 1. Experience Databases: research protocols / Appendix 2. Municipalities and the Initiation of Participatory Processes: two databases / Appendix 3. Contextual Case Studies: research protocol and case selection / Appendix 4. Case Studies about Cultural Effects: data collection protocol / Appendix 5: Surveys used in the book / Bibliography

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Edited by Joan Font; Donatella Della Porta and Yves Sintomer

Product details

• Authors: Donatella Della Porta, Joan Font, Yves Sintomer
• Assisted by: Donatella Della Porta (Editor), Joan Font (Editor), Font Joan (Editor), Yves Sintomer (Editor), Sintomer Yves (Editor)
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 05.06.2014
• EAN: 9781783480746
• ISBN: 978-1-78348-074-6
• Dimensions: 151 mm x 226 mm x 18 mm
• Subjects: Non-fiction book; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Sociology, Europe, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Democracy, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / European, Political structures: democracy