Skip Navigation



European Sociological Review Advance Access published online on March 13, 2008
European Sociological Review, doi:10.1093/esr/jcn014
This Article
Right arrow Full Text
Right arrow Full Text (PDF)
Right arrow All Versions of this Article:
24/4/479    most recent
jcn014v1
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Services
Right arrow Email this article to a friend
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow Add to My Personal Archive
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Right arrowRequest Permissions
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by Fernández, E. G.
Right arrow Articles by García, F. J. F.
Right arrow Search for Related Content
Social Bookmarking
Add to CiteULike   Add to Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us  
What's this?

© The Author 2008. Published by Oxford University Press. All rights reserved. For permissions, please e-mail: journals.permissions@oxfordjournals.org

Rethinking the Sources of Participation: A Case Study of Spain

Ernesto Ganuza Fernández

Ernesto Ganuza Fernández (to whom correspondence should be addressed), IESA/CSIC (Instituto de Estudios Sociales Avanzados/Centro Superior de Investigaciones Científicas), c/Campo Santo de los Mártires n° 7, 14004 Córdoba, Spain. Tel: 00-34-957.760.247; Fax: 00-34-957.760.153;

Francisco José Francés García

Francisco José Francés García, Universidad de Alicante, c/Puerto Rico, 3-4°B, 03600, Spain. Tel: 00-34-616869336; Email: francisco.frances{at}ua.es

Correspondence: Email: eganuza{at}iesa.csic.es

The aim of this article is to analyse the reasons which lead individuals to engage in participation in Spain. We put forth two different generally accepted models of participation, defined in terms of the political and cultural practices associated with them. The first refers to participation in organized or corporate groups, whereas the second refers to non-institutionalized individual participation. The aim is to understand the factors that support one or the other model in order to gain insight into contemporary problems regarding citizen participation, and open new horizons in this field. Our conclusion suggests reciprocity between conventional and non-conventional participation practices, that is, that they mutually reinforce one another, even though the latter better support the civic values expected from participation and democracy.

Manuscript received: April 1, 2007.


Add to CiteULike CiteULike   Add to Connotea Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us Del.icio.us    What's this?




Disclaimer: Please note that abstracts for content published before 1996 were created through digital scanning and may therefore not exactly replicate the text of the original print issues. All efforts have been made to ensure accuracy, but the Publisher will not be held responsible for any remaining inaccuracies. If you require any further clarification, please contact our Customer Services Department.