"This long-awaited 'big publication' from the poltical participation study of 1984-1985, financed by the Economic and Social Research Council of Britain, will not disappoint most of its academic audience....All in all, students of political participation and democracy across the globe have a lot to learn from reading this book." Donley T. Studlar, source???

• Preface; List of figures, tables and charts; Part I. Theories and Methods: 1. Participation and democracy; 2. The study of participation and its political context; Part II. Patterns and Pathways: 3. Patterns of political participation; 4. Individual resources; 5. Group resources; 6. Economic location; 7. Personal factors; 8. Political outlooks; 9. Party and values; 10. Who are the political activists; Part III. Issues and Actions: 11. Agendas and political action; 12. Do participants get what they want? The costs and benefits of participation; 13. Learning from political participation; Part IV. The Local Process: 14. The local political scene; 15. Local participation; 16. Local élites, activists and agendas; 17. Participation and the making of the local agendas; 18. The quality of local participation; Part V. Conclusions: 19. Participation and democracy in Britain; Appendices; Bibliography.

"This long-awaited 'big publication' from the poltical participation study of 1984-1985, financed by the Economic and Social Research Council of Britain, will not disappoint most of its academic audience....All in all, students of political participation and democracy across the globe have a lot to learn from reading this book." Donley T. Studlar, source???

• Preface; List of figures, tables and charts; Part I. Theories and Methods: 1. Participation and democracy; 2. The study of participation and its political context; Part II. Patterns and Pathways: 3. Patterns of political participation; 4. Individual resources; 5. Group resources; 6. Economic location; 7. Personal factors; 8. Political outlooks; 9. Party and values; 10. Who are the political activists; Part III. Issues and Actions: 11. Agendas and political action; 12. Do participants get what they want? The costs and benefits of participation; 13. Learning from political participation; Part IV. The Local Process: 14. The local political scene; 15. Local participation; 16. Local élites, activists and agendas; 17. Participation and the making of the local agendas; 18. The quality of local participation; Part V. Conclusions: 19. Participation and democracy in Britain; Appendices; Bibliography.

"This long-awaited 'big publication' from the poltical participation study of 1984-1985, financed by the Economic and Social Research Council of Britain, will not disappoint most of its academic audience....All in all, students of political participation and democracy across the globe have a lot to learn from reading this book." Donley T. Studlar, source???

• Preface; List of figures, tables and charts; Part I. Theories and Methods: 1. Participation and democracy; 2. The study of participation and its political context; Part II. Patterns and Pathways: 3. Patterns of political participation; 4. Individual resources; 5. Group resources; 6. Economic location; 7. Personal factors; 8. Political outlooks; 9. Party and values; 10. Who are the political activists; Part III. Issues and Actions: 11. Agendas and political action; 12. Do participants get what they want? The costs and benefits of participation; 13. Learning from political participation; Part IV. The Local Process: 14. The local political scene; 15. Local participation; 16. Local élites, activists and agendas; 17. Participation and the making of the local agendas; 18. The quality of local participation; Part V. Conclusions: 19. Participation and democracy in Britain; Appendices; Bibliography.