Volume 13 (2025), Edition 2

This article examines the relationship between civic engagement and the election of right-wing populist parties in Germany. Theoretically, the analysis is based on Putnam‘s social capital approach, which views a vibrant civil society as a resource...

This study examines the threat situations of civil society organizations in Germany that are active in the field of diversity and anti-discrimination. Based on mixed-method data from 78 “Demokratie leben!” projects and 50 other anonymous...

Democracy as a form of society and government is under pressure. In our studies on the rela-tionship between democracy, civil society, and trust in the system, we start from the interrela-tionships between the three dimensions of democratic...

Using the case of a male choir in rural Austria, the article develops the concept of in/formal engagement. Contributing to the debate on the relationship between formality and informality, it shows how formally organised activity, informal support...

Non-Profit-Organisationen (NPOs) stehen oft vor der Herausforderung, junge Menschen für ehrenamtliches Engagement zu gewinnen. Aufbauend auf dem Modell von Kals et al. (2021) identifiziert diese Studie organisationale Merkmale, Merkmale der...