Civil society's democratic potential organizational trade-offs between participation and representation
Bolleyer explores which civil society organizations (CSOs) contribute to democracy, how, and why. Two contrasting organizational templates allow theorizing fundamental trade-offs shaping CSOs' 'performance' on three dimensions: participation, representation, and societal responsivenes...
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Formato: | Libro electrónico |
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Oxford University Press
2024.
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Colección: | Oxford scholarship online.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover
- Half Title
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Acknowledgements
- Contents
- List of Tables
- 1. A Multidimensional Framework on Civil Society's Contributions to Democracy
- Civil Society's Contributions to Democracy: Between Potential and Reality
- Disaggregating the 'Transmission Belt': Three Normative Yardsticks Demarcating CSOs' Potential Contributions to Democracy
- Membership Organizations as Venues for Participation
- Membership Organizations as Vehicles of Representation
- The Ambiguity of Interest Representation Behaviour: Expression of Assumed, Consultative or Surrogate Representation?
- Adding Societal Responsiveness of CSO Behaviour as Third Normative Yardstick
- From Normative Yardstick to Comparative Analysis
- Conclusion and Chapter Overview
- 2. The Distinct Internal Logics of Associations and Professionalized Voluntary Organizations
- Why Study the Discrepancies between Democratic Potential and Organizational Realities in Membership-Based Voluntary Organizations?
- The Diversity of Organizational Forms and Its Consequences for CSOs' Democratic Contributions
- Intra-Organizational Trade-Offs and the Conflicting Priorities of Leaders, Members, and Managers
- How CSOs Respond to Intra-Organizational Trade-Offs: The Different Logics of 'Voluntary Associations' and 'Professionalized Voluntary Organizations'
- Conclusion
- 3. Methodological Choices and Data
- Measures Used in the Quantitative Analyses
- The Dependent Variables: How to Measure CSOs' Diverse Contributions to Democracy
- Central Explanatory Variables: CSOs' Governance Characteristics
- Control Variables Central to the Functioning of CSOs Generally
- Control Variables Relevant to Specific Dimensions of CSOs' Democratic Contribution.
- CSO Diversity and Why the Voluntary Association and the Professionalized Voluntary Organization Are Not Treated As Counter-Images
- The Advantages of a Mixed-Methods Design
- The Selection of Three UK CSOs for In-Depth Study
- Conclusion
- 4. The Distinct Roles of Members in Civil Society Organizations: Trading Member Control against Leader Autonomy
- A Governance Perspective on Member Activism in Civil Society Organizations
- Hypotheses on Member Activism in Professionalized Voluntary Organizations
- Hypotheses on Member Involvement in Voluntary Associations
- Expected Impacts of CSO Type on Patterns of Member Activism
- A Quantitative Analysis of Member Activism in Civil Society Organizations
- Conclusion
- 5. When Managers Take Over: Drivers of Staff Control in Civil Society Organizations
- A Governance Perspective on Staff Control in Civil Society Organizations
- Hypotheses on Staff Control in Professionalized Voluntary Organizations
- Hypotheses on Staff Control in Voluntary Associations
- A Quantitative Analysis of Staff Control in Civil Society Organizations
- Conclusion
- 6. From Voluntary Association to Professionalized Voluntary Organization: The Evolution of Member Activism and Staff Control in Civil Society Organizations
- Intra-Organizational Dynamics and Decision-Making Power in a Service-Oriented, a Political, and a Partisan Organization
- The National Activity Providers Association (NAPA)
- Surfers Against Sewage (SAS)
- The Green Party of England and Wales (GPEW)
- Conclusion
- 7. CSO Goal Reorientation in Individualizing Societies: Between Commitment and Change
- A Governance Perspective on CSO Goal Commitment and Reorientation
- Voluntary Associations and Professionalized Voluntary Organizations: Hypotheses on Responsive Goal Commitment versus Instrumental Goal Reorientation.
- Bringing in Market and Constituency Pressures: External Sources of Instrumental and Responsive Goal Reorientation
- A Quantitative Analysis of CSO Goal Reorientation and Commitment
- Conclusion
- 8. CSOs' Political Engagement: Between the Logic of Membership and the Logic of Influence
- A Governance Perspective on CSO Political Engagement
- Hypotheses on the Political Engagement of Voluntary Associations and Professionalized Voluntary Organizations
- Expected Impacts of CSO Type on Political Engagement
- A Quantitative Analysis of Political Engagement of Civil Society Organizations
- Conclusion
- 9. From Voluntary Association to Professionalized Voluntary Organization: CSO Goal Reorientation and the Evolution of Political Engagement
- Tracing Change in CSO Goals and Political Engagement Qualitatively
- Intra-Organizational Dynamics, Goals, and Political Engagement of a Service-Oriented, a Political, and a Partisan Organization
- The National Activity Providers Association (NAPA)
- Surfers Against Sewage (SAS)
- The Green Party of England and Wales (GPEW)
- Conclusion
- 10. Disaggregating the Transmission Belt and the Study of CSOs' Democratic Contributions
- The Democratic Contributions of Voluntary Associations and Professionalized Voluntary Organizations: An Overview
- CSOs as Changing Configurations of Participation and Representation and the Growing Importance of Hybridization
- The Professionalized Voluntary Organization: Better Than Its Reputation
- The Three Faces of Membership Organization and Avenues for Future Research
- Some Final Remarks
- Bibliography
- Index.