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Modernizing Democracy

Associations and Associating in the 21st Century

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Editors:
  1. Matthias Freise

    1. Department of Political Science, University of Münster, Münster, Germany

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  2. Thorsten Hallmann

    1. Department of Political Science, University of Münster, Münster, Germany

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  • Addresses a relevant current topic not only of third sector research, but of social science

  • In general involves an international authorship including many of the distinguished experts and pioneers of third sector research

  • Honors the work of third sector researcher and ISTR president, Annette Zimmer

  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (27 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xix
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  2. Modernizing Democracy? Associations and Associating in the Twenty-First Century

    • Matthias Freise, Thorsten Hallmann
    Pages 1-15

  3. Studying Associations and Associating in the 21st Century: Theoretical and Methodological Considerations

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 17-17
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    2. Social Life and Politics in Voluntary Organizations: An Historical Perspective

      • Rupert Graf Strachwitz
      Pages 19-30

    3. Alexis de Tocqueville Revisited: Between the Centralization of Political Power, Civil Associations, and Gender Politics in the European Union

      • Gabriele Wilde
      Pages 31-43

    4. Tocqueville Did Not Write About Soccer Clubs: Participation in Voluntary Associations and Political Involvement

      • Paul Dekker
      Pages 45-57

    5. Voluntary Associations and Social Capital—Inclusive and Exclusive Dimensions

      • Sebastian Braun
      Pages 59-70

    6. Who Calls the Shots? The Real Normative Power of Civil Society

      • Marta Reuter, Filip Wijkström, Michael Meyer
      Pages 71-82

    7. The Impact of Civil Society on Sustainable Development

      • Christiane Frantz, Doris Fuchs
      Pages 83-96

  4. Associating in Times of Flux

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 97-97
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    2. Volunteering in a Hybrid Institutional and Organizational Environment: An Emerging Research Agenda

      • Lesley Hustinx
      Pages 99-110

    3. Voluntary Involvement in German Welfare Organizations

      • Holger Backhaus-Maul, Carsta Langner
      Pages 111-120

    4. Changes in Work and Human Services: On the Risks and Chances They Entail for Volunteering

      • Adalbert Evers
      Pages 121-131

    5. Residual and Emancipatory Value of Volunteering in the Czech Society

      • Pavol Frič
      Pages 133-144

    6. Two Decades of Participatory Democracy in Poland

      • Renata Siemieńska
      Pages 145-155

    7. The Role of Civil Society Organizations in the Field of Unemployment: For or by the Unemployed?

      • Simone Baglioni
      Pages 157-168

    8. Transnational Mobility and Associative Life

      • Sandro Cattacin
      Pages 169-182

    9. Associating at the European Level: Civil Society Networks in Brussels

      • Taco Brandsen, Birgit Sittermann
      Pages 183-192

    10. Why Is There No Statute for a European Association?

      • Kristina Charrad
      Pages 193-200

  5. Associations and the Challenge of Capitalist Development

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 201-201
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About this book

Modernizing Democracy brings together scholars focusing the role of associations and associating in contemporary societies. Organizations and associations have been identified as the “meso level of society” and as the “basic elements of democracy”. They are important providers of welfare services and play an important role between the individual and political spheres. In recent years the environment of associations and associating has changed dramatically. Individualization, commercialization and globalization are challenging both democracy and the capability of associations to fulfill the functions attributed to them by social sciences. This change provides the central question of the volume: Is being part of an organization or association becoming an outdated model? And do associations still have the capacity of modernizing societies or are they just outdated remnants of post-democracy? The contributions to Modernizing Democracy will be organized into: Studying Association and Associating in the 21st Century, Associating in Times of Post-Democracy and Associations and the Challenge of Capitalist Development. The book will be attractive to third sector researchers as well as a broader academic community of political scientists, sociologists, economists, legal scientists and related disciplines.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Political Science, University of Münster, Münster, Germany

    Matthias Freise, Thorsten Hallmann

About the editors

Matthias Freise received his Ph.D. in Political Science from Münster University, Germany where Annette Zimmer was his doctoral advisor. Currently, he is Assistant Professor of Political Science and executive director of the Graduate School of Politics at the same place. Previously, he supervised a doctoral research group on “European Civil Society and Multilevel Governance” at Münster University together with Annette Zimmer. His research interests include civil society theory, third sector research, European multilevel governance and interest representation. He is co-editor of the series “European Civil Society” at Nomos Publishers. Recent publications include A Panacea for all seasons? Civil Society and Governance in Europe (Baden-Baden: Nomos, 2010) and several articles on civil society organisations in public private partnerships. In addition, Matthias Freise is a teacher in the advanced training course on Nonprofit Management and Governance at Münster University.

Thorsten Hallmann received his Ph.D. in Political Science from Münster University, Germany, in 2008. His dissertation dealt with the public discourse on drug policy and the "drug scene" in Münster. He is mainly working on third sector and local policy issues. From 2011 to 2013 he was a member of the WILCO research team, a EU-funded international project on welfare innovations on the local level. As a student, he joined the Johns Hopkins Comparative Nonprofit Sector Project team in Münster, headed by Annette Zimmer. Later they conducted further research on local associations together. Hallmann also worked as a volunteer and board member in a local refugee relief organisation and is an active member of further civic associations.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Modernizing Democracy

  • Book Subtitle: Associations and Associating in the 21st Century

  • Editors: Matthias Freise, Thorsten Hallmann

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-0485-3

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Humanities, Social Sciences and Law, Social Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 2014

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4939-0484-6Published: 14 May 2014

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4939-5530-5Published: 03 September 2016

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4939-0485-3Published: 13 May 2014

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIX, 357

  • Number of Illustrations: 9 b/w illustrations, 4 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Sociology, general, Social Policy

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