Citizenship, Involvement, Democracy: Private Networks for Public Action

Project Directors Dr. Sigrid Roßteutscher

Research question/goal:

Aim of the project is a theoretical and empirical understanding of the mechanisms which produce social and political inequality. In the center of the project is the question of who is recruited by whom into voluntary associations of different kinds. The project will examine the process of recruitment through i) marketing attempts of organizations and ii) the mobilization through private networks of friends, colleagues and family.

Publications

Edited Books

  • Maloney, William A., Jan W. van Deth (Eds.) (2010): Civil Society and Activism in Europe. Contextualizing Engagement and Political Orientations. 288. London, Routledge. More
  • van Deth, Jan W., José Ramón Montero, Anders Westholm (Eds.) (2007): Citizenship and Involvement in European Democracies. A comparative analysis. 17, XXIV, 476. London, New York, Routledge. More
  • van Deth, Jan W., Edeltraud Roller, Frank Brettschneider (Eds.) (2006): Jugend und Politik: "Voll normal!". Der Beitrag der politischen Soziologie zur Jugendforschung. Wiesbaden, VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften. More

Book Chapters

  • Maloney, William A., Jan W. van Deth (2010): Conclusion: Activists, active people and citizens in European communities. 231-241. London, Routledge. More
  • Maloney, William A. (Eds.) van Deth, Jan W. (2010): Introduction: Contextualizing civil societies in European communities. 1-16. London, Routledge. More
  • Dalton, Russel J., Hans-Dieter Klingemann (Eds.) van Deth, Jan W. (2007): Norms of Citizenship. 402-417. Oxford, University Press. More
  • van Deth, Jan W., José Ramón Montero, Anders Westholm (Eds.) Andersen, Jorgen Goul, Sigrid Roßteutscher (2007): Small-scale democracy: citizen power in the domains of everyday life. 221-254. London, New York, Routledge. More
  • Torcal, Mariano, José Ramón Montero (Eds.) van Deth, Jan W. (2006): Democracy and involvement. The benevolent aspects of social participation. 101-129. London and New York, Routledge. More

Journal Articles

  • van Deth, Jan W. (2007): Oude oplossing voor nieuwe problemen?. Maatschappij & Politiek, 38, 5, 4-6. More
  • Roßteutscher, Sigrid (2005): Wertsynthese: Kein unsinniges Konzept, sondern traurige Realität. Replik zur Kritik von Helmut Thome. Kölner Zeitschrift für Soziologie und Sozialpsychologie, 57, 3, 543-549. More

Presentations

  • Roßteutscher, Sigrid (2006): CDU-Wahl 2005: Katholiken, Kirchgänger und eine protestantische Spitzenkandidatin aus dem Osten. [Gemeinsame Tagung der DVPW-Arbeitskreise "Wahlen und politische Einstellungen", "Parteienforschung" sowie "Politik und Kommunikation" zur Bundestagswahl 2005, Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin, 18/08/2006 - 19/08/2006]. More
  • Roßteutscher, Sigrid (2005): State Regulation, Religious Pluralism and the Generation of Social Capital. [Workshop for Preliminary Presentations of Findings from the Citizenship, Involvement, Democracy (CID) Survey Project, Center for Democracy and the Third Sector (CDATS), Georgetown University, Washington, DC, 11/12/2005 - 13/12/2005]. More
  • Roßteutscher, Sigrid (2005): State Regulation, Religious Pluralism and the Generation of Social Capital. [Civic Engagement and Values in the United States and Europe, Georgetown University, Washington, DC, 11/12/2005 - 13/12/2005]. More
  • Zmerli, Sonja (2005): Zivilgesellschaftliche Strukturen in Deutschland - Merkmale, Enststehungsbedingungen und Relevanz für die Demokratie. [Das Programm LOS: Einbindungs-, Aushandlungs- und Kooperationsprozesse in der Kommune, Halle/Saale, 05/07/2005 - 06/07/2005]. More