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.
