Practicing democracy : local activism and politics in France and Finland
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Practicing democracy : local activism and politics in France and Finland
Palgrave Macmillan, 2012
- : hardback
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Bibliography: p. 229-246
Includes index
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Description
This book is about the mundane, local, every day practices that constitutes democracy. Focusing on France and Finland, the book defines politicization as the key process in understanding democracy in different cultural contexts and shows a nuanced picture of two opposite models of European politics.
Table of Contents
List of Tables List of Photos Check-in A Sociological Travelogue Local Scenes of Global Action: Group Styles of Local Collective Action and the Place of Politics Citizenship and Gender in Local Activism Visual Frames of Representing the Local Society Framing Democracy: Participation and Representation by Activists and Politicians Justifying in the Local Public Sphere: Newspaper Representations of Encounters between Citizens and Cities The Souvenirs: Politicization and Local Civic Practices in France and Finland Methods Appendix Data Appendix Bibliography Endnotes Index
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