Participation and Democracy East and West:

Since Alexis de Tocqueville first made the linkage in his writings on America, a healthy democracy has been associated with the flourishing of civil society, as measured by popular participation in voluntary and civic activities and the vitality of organizations that mediate between the individual and the state.

Eminent social scientists from Europe and North America take a fresh look at the vitality of civil society in the context of post-communist Eastern Europe, the West European welfare states, and the United States. This volume takes a fresh look at this classic theme in the context of post-communist Eastern Europe, the West European welfare states, and the United States, asking:
-- What patterns of participation characterize the new democracies of Eastern Europe?
-- What levels of civic activism are characteristic of contemporary Western democracies?
-- What factors account for differences among countries and changing patterns over time?
-- What do the findings suggest about the prospects for democracy in the 21st century?

Dietrich Rueschemeyer is Asa Messer Professor of Sociology at Brown University and Director of the Research Program in Political Economy and Development at Brown's Watson Institute for International Studies. Marilyn Rueschemeyer chairs the Department of Special Studies at the Rhode Island School of Design and also teaches sociology at Brown University. Bjorn Wittrock is Lars Hierta Professor of Government at Stockholm University and Director of the Swedish Collegium for Advanced Study in the Social Sciences (SCASSS) at Uppsala.

The Self-Organization of Society and Democratic Rule: Specifying the Relationship
Institutions and Actors in a New Democracy: The Vanishing Legacy of Communist and Solidarity Types of Participation in Poland
Local Democratization in the Czech Republic after 1989
An Emerging Paradox: Civil Society from Above?
The Social Democratic Party in Eastern Germany: Political Participation in the Former GDR after Unification
The State, Associations, and the Transition to Democracy: Early Corporatism in Sweden
The Norwegian Voluntary Sector and Civil Society in Transition: Women as a Catalyst of Deep-Seated Change
Social Alliances and Coalitions: The Organizational Underpinnings of Democracy in West Germany
Democracy in America at the End of the Twentieth Century
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