Download or read book Private Groups and Public Life written by Jan W. van Deth and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2003-12-16 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book focuses on the changing relationship between social and political involvement in Western Europe. Empirical case studies examine how new social movements interact with conventional political structures as individuals and groups experiment with new forms of political expression. The results indicate not a declining, but a changing democratic culture.