Private Groups and Public Life - 9780415169554

Taylor & Francis

Empirical case studies examine how new social movements interact with conventional political structures as individuals and groups experiment with new forms of political expression. The results indicate a changing democratic structure. > This book focuses on the changing relationship between social and political involvement in Western Europe. Empirical case studies examine how new social movements interact with conventional political structures as individuals and groups experiment with new forms of political expression. The results indicate not a declining, but a changing democratic culture. > 1. Introduction 2. Voluntary Associations and Democratic Politics: Participation in Britain 3. Social Reflexivity, Democracy, and New Types of Democracy in Denmark 4. Political Parties and Social Organisation in Flanders 5. Women and the Transformation of the Norwegian Voluntary Sector 6. The Rise of Protest Businesses in Britain 7. Political Capital Formation among British Party Members 8x