Popular volume, impassioned, lacking male participation (11)
I believe the answer is:
involvement
'participation' is the definition.
(I know that participation can be written as involvement)
'popular volume impassioned lacking male' is the wordplay.
'popular' becomes 'in' (something that's 'in' is fashionable).
'volume' becomes 'vol' (abbreviation).
'impassioned' becomes 'vehement' (vehement means impassioned or forceful).
'lacking' suggests deleting specific letters.
'male' becomes 'he' (he refers to a man).
'vehement' with 'he' taken out is 'vement'.
'in'+'vol'+'vement'='INVOLVEMENT'
(Other definitions for involvement that I've seen before include "Inclusion; entanglement" , "Participation (in something)" , "Inclusion as a necessary part" .)