Citizenship, social participation and political mobilization

Abstract First, I will discuss the notions of citizenship and civil society in order to show their historical evolution in relation to each other. Second, I will show the way in which a new type of social contract – the so-called Welfare State – will emerge in the demo-liberal countries after the 1929 crisis and the 2nd World War. Then, I will identify the notion of social capital as a privileged vehicle of the social processes of inclusion versus exclusion. Finally, I will present the results of an international survey that allows to identify comparative characteristics present in modern processes of association, mobilization, and socio--cultural change.

摘要 首先，本文将探讨公民身份（citizenship）与市民社会（civil society）的概念，以阐明二者相互关联的历史演进脉络。其次，本文将阐释1929年经济大危机与第二次世界大战后，民主自由国家中一种新型社会契约——即所谓的福利国家（Welfare State）——的形成路径。随后，本文将明确社会资本（social capital）作为社会包容与排斥进程的核心载体这一概念。最后，本文将呈现一项国际调查的研究结果，该调查可用于识别现代结社、动员及社会文化变革进程中存在的比较特征。