Selected papers from a workshop entitled Rescuing democracy? The lure of the associative elixir, held as part of the 2002 ECPR joint sessions at the University of Turin in Italy.--P. [xv]
Democracy, fascism, and civil society / E. Spencer Wellhofer
The limits of civil society within a divided community : the case of Northern Ireland / Feargal Cochrane
European civil society : institutional interests and the complexity of a multi-level policy / Stijn Smismans
Welfare through organizations / William A. Maloney and Sigrid Rossteutscher
The position of interest groups in Eastern European democracies : maturing servicemen or trojan horses? / Umut Korkut
Activating participation : generating support for campaign groups / Emma L. Clarence, Grant Jordan and William A. Maloney
Tracing the contradictions : associational life versus informal networks in a third world context / Nadia Molenaers
Churches as voluntary associations : their contribution to democracy as a public voice and source of social and political involvement / Joep de Hart and Paul Dekker
Women's power under threat? voluntary organizations in transition / Dag Wollebæk and Per Selle
Civic communities and multicultural democracy / Meindert Fennema and Jean Tillie.
Democracy and the role of associations : political, organizational and social contexts. ISBN 041532548X. Published by Routledge in 2005. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.