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Fostering Democracy? Associations and Local Politics in Nineteenth-Century The Hague
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 25 January 2017
Abstract
This case study of the Dutch residential capital of The Hague explores the relationship between nineteenth-century associational life and local politics, testing the well-known argument of scholars such as Robert Putnam, that high numbers and high levels of participation in local voluntary associations are often positively correlated with processes of local political democratization. A quantitative analysis of (double) membership in the city's most prominent social clubs and cultural associations, and a qualitative analysis of the political culture within these clubs, offer a better understanding regarding why the impact of a vibrant local associational culture on local democracy has not always been as positive as political scientists have often tended to assume.
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- Social Science History , Volume 41 , Special Issue 1: European Civil Society , Spring 2017 , pp. 43 - 58
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- Copyright © Social Science History Association, 2017