France, Social Capital and Political Activism
ISBN:
9781349355655
Auflage:
1st ed. 2010
Verlag:
Palgrave Macmillan UK
Land des Verlags:
Vereinigtes Königreich
Erscheinungsdatum:
27.01.2010
Reihe:
French Politics, Society and Culture
Format:
Softcover
Seitenanzahl:
205
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This book deals with the theme of political participation in France, focusing on conventional and unconventional forms of political activism over the last three decades. Measures of social integration and political involvement are used to question the validity of social capital theory.
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Biografische Anmerkung
FRANCESCA VASSALLO is Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Southern Maine, USA. As a European specialist she has published journal articles and book chapters on French politics and political activism, European comparative political behaviour and European federalism.









