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Baggetta, Matthew – Social Forces, 2009
Following Tocqueville, many scholars consider associations "schools of democracy" because members can develop civic capacities within them. This article identifies the distribution of civic development opportunities across civic sectors (e.g., politics, service, recreation), focusing on understudied apolitical groups. New data is…
Descriptors: Democracy, Citizen Participation, Organizations (Groups), Opportunities