Practicing Democracy

Local Activism and Politics in France and Finland

• Author(s): E. Luhtakallio,
• Publisher: Springer
• Pages: 250
• ISBN_10: 0230363512
  ISBN_13: 9780230363519
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Social Science / Sociology / General , Political Science / Political Ideologies / Democracy , Political Science / General , Political Science / Public Policy / Social Policy , Political Science / Comparative Politics , Political Science / History & Theory , Political Science / Public Policy / Economic Policy ,

Description:... This book is about the mundane, local, every day practices that constitutes democracy. Focusing on France and Finland, the book defines politicization as the key process in understanding democracy in different cultural contexts and shows a nuanced picture of two opposite models of European politics.