Stein Rokkan Knihy

Focusing on the political behavior of citizens, this work compiles fourteen studies that explore the dynamics of citizenship, electoral participation, and party formation in both industrializing and industrialized societies. It examines the extension of citizenship to marginalized groups, the mobilization of new voters, and their responses to political alternatives. Stein Rokkan's innovative analyses of these themes have left a lasting impact on political sociology, prompting ongoing inquiries into citizen engagement and political structures. A new introduction by Alan Renwick enhances this edition.

Frontmatter -- Table of contents -- INTRODUCTION. A programme for the advancement of comparative social science research: the action of the International Social Science Council -- PART I: Cross-cultural comparisons -- CHAPTER I. The logic of cross-cultural analysis: why exceptions? -- CHAPTER II. Computer summarization of the coded cross-cultural literature -- PART II: Comparative histories of processes of development -- CHAPTER III. Concepts in comparative historical analysis -- CHAPTER IV. Comparative analysis of processes of modernization -- CHAPTER V. Political systems and political development -- CHAPTER VI. Historians and other social scientists: the comparative analysis of nation-building in Western societies -- CHAPTER VII. Modern nations and the study of political modernization -- CHAPTER VIII. The empirical and statistical basis for comparative analyses of historical change -- PART III: Quantitative approaches to cross-national comparisons -- CHAPTER IX. Research possibilities using aggregate political and social data -- CHAPTER X. Aggregate comparisons: problems and prospects of quantitative analysis based on national accounts -- CHAPTER XI. Aggregate comparisons: the validity and reliability of economic data -- CHAPTER XII. The cross-cultural use of sample surveys: problems of comparability -- CHAPTER XIII. Survey materials collected in the developing countries: obstacles to comparisons

Im Mittelpunkt des Werks steht der Versuch, ein »Makromodell der politischen Entwicklung Europas« zu entwerfen. Das Ziel ist, die Vielgestalt Europas aus den unterschiedlichen historischen Prozessen der Staaten- und Nationenbildung und der Demokratisierung zu erklären. Flora fügt veröffentlichte und unveröffentlichte Schriften Rokkans zu einem konsistenten Ganzen zusammen und präsentiert mit dieser Ausgabe einen der wichtigsten Beiträge zum Verständnis des heutigen Europa und seiner zukünftigen Entwicklungsmöglichkeiten.