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Tocqueville's view that a virtuous and viable democracy depends on robust associational life has become a cornerstone of contemporary democratic theory. Democratic theorists generally agree that issue networks, recreational associations, support circles, religious groups, unions, advocacy group...

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Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Warren, Mark (Mark E.)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton : Princeton University Press, ©2001.
Subjects:
Democracy.
Associations, institutions, etc.
Societies.
Societies
Democracy
Démocratie.
Associations.
democracy.
organizations (groups)
federations.
associations.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Ideologies > Democracy.
Democratie.
Verenigingen.
Organisaties.
Associations > Aspect politique.
Amnesty International.
Bob Jones University v. United States.
Catholic Church.
Christian Coalition.
Christian Right.
Equal Rights Amendment.
European Union.
German Green Party.
Human Rights Watch.
Kaiser Family Foundation.
Kettering Foundation.
League of Women Voters.
National Audubon Society.
Nature Conservancy.
New Social Movements.
Offe, Claus.
Parent Teachers Association (PTA).
Religious Right.
advocacy groups.
affective communication.
anomie.
associational ecologies.
authoritarianism.
business associations.
civic virtues.
conflict.
deliberation.
differentiation.
economic associations.
efficacy.
environmental groups.
ethnicity.
factions.
fraternal orders.
fundamentalism.
globalization.
goods of association.
hate groups.
identity politics.
identity-based groups.
institutional effects of associations.
liberalism.
loyalty.
markets.
multiculturalism.
patriotic groups.
pluralization.
postmaterialism.
radical democracy.
secondary associations.
secret societies.
subsidiarity.
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Approaches to Association. For and against Theoretical Generalization. What Do We Want from Associational Life? The Influence of the Tocquevillian Paradigm. Beyond Tocqueville. A Note on Functionalist Language
  • 3. The Concept of Association. Hobbes and Locke: The Modern Concept of Association. Tocqueville: The Associational Democracy of Everyday Life. G.D.H. Cole: Association versus Community. Parsons: There "Types of Operative Organization" Associations versus Associational Relations. The Concept of Civil Society
  • 4. The Democratic Effects of Association. Democratic Self-Rule as Autonomy. Developmental Effects on Individuals. Public Sphere Effects. Institutional Effects.

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