Participatory democracy in Southern Europe : causes, characteristics and consequences /

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author:	Ebook Library
Other Authors:	Font, Joan (Editor), Della Porta, Donatella, 1956- (Editor), Sintomer, Yves (Editor)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	London ; Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield International, [2014]
Subjects:	Political participation > Spain. Democracy > Spain. Political participation > Italy. Democracy > Italy. Political participation > France. Democracy > France. Democracy. Political participation. France. Italy. Spain. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table 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 participatory processes / María Jesús Funes, Julien Talpin and Mathias Rull
Conclusion / Donatella della Porta, Joan Font 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: Surveys used in the book
Appendix 5: Case studies about cultural effects: data collection protocol.