Introduction / Terry Nichols Clark -- Karaoke together vs. bowling alone : scenes illuminate how Western rules can be transformed to drive development and democracy / Terry Nichols Clark ... [et al.] -- Voluntary associations, social inequality, and participatory democracy in the United States and Korea / Seokho Kim -- Citizen participation in Seoul, Tokyo, and Chicago / Wonho Jang, Terry Nichols Clark, Miree Byun -- From bowling alone to Karate together (USA to Asia) : preliminary claims & findings / Joseph E. Yi -- Civic and arts activities can energize politics, France and Europe / Daniel J. DellaPosta ... [et al.] -- Cultural strategies, creativity, and local development in Spain / María Jesús Rodríguez-García, Cristina Mateos Mora, Clemente J. Navarro Yáñez -- (Re)defining bohemia in Seoul, Tokyo, and Chicago / Wonho Jang, Terry Nichols Clark, Miree Byun -- Was Tocqueville wrong? Buzz as charisma, creativity, and glamour; new sources of political legitimacy supplementing voting, and civic participation / Terry Nichols Clark, Filipe Carreira da Silva -- Buzz : a theory, illustrated in Toronto and Chicago / Daniel Silver, Terry Nichols Clark -- Culture is on the rise : why? Theories of cultural participation and empirical evidence / Terry Nichols Clark, Peter Achterberg -- How context transforms citizen participation : propositions / Filipe Carreira da Silva, Terry Nichols Clark -- The contextual effect of local scenes on cultural practices : the case of Spain / Clemente J. Navarro Yáñez, María Jesús Rodríguez-García -- Global contexts of politics and arts participation / Terry Nichols Clark, Filipe Carreira da Silva, Susana L. Farinha Cabaço.