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• Citizen Participation in the Context of Rural Local Welfare Systems 

  Kattilakoski, Mari; Rantamäki, Niina (European Society for Rural Sociology, 2015)

  In this paper we focus on citizen participation in the field of welfare services. More specifically, we concentrate on the role of citizens and civic organisations as part of the local welfare systems in Finnish rural areas.

• Empowering New Agents of Civil Society or Fostering Good Citizens? : Framing Youth Participation in Finnish Youth Organizations 

  Laitinen, Hanna (Routledge, 2018)

  This article investigates how nationwide Finnish youth civil society organizations frame their approaches to youth participation. By analyzing data from interviews, websites, and annual reports, five frames are identified. ...

• Social media and women of the Arab Spring : effects of social media on Egyptian women's participation in the revolution 

  Lehtonen, Hanna (2014)

• Digital Activism in Russia : The Evolution and Forms of Online Participation in an Authoritarian State 

  Lonkila, Markku; Shpakovskaya, Larisa; Torchinsky, Philip (Palgrave Macmillan, 2021)

  This chapter describes how digitalization has affected activism in Russia by tracing the evolution, particularity, and the most visible forms of online activism in the context of the increasingly authoritarian Russian ...

• Communities and Habits of Citizenship : Everyday Participation in Kondoa, Tanzania 

  Nguyahambi, Ajali M.; Kontinen, Tiina (Palgrave Macmillan, 2022)

  This chapter contributes to the debates concerning contextualized conceptualizations of citizenship. Based on the work of pragmatist philosopher John Dewey, it offers a definition of citizenship as constructed in everyday ...