Civil Society Democracy And Civic Renewal

Author : Robert K. Fullinwider
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 462 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Political Science
ISBN : UOM:39015046505478

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Civil Society, Democracy, and Civic Renewal by Robert K. Fullinwider Pdf

Civil society is receiving renewed attention from academics, politicians, journalists, community leaders, and participants in the voluntary sector. Civil Society, Democracy, and Civic Renewal brings together several of AmericaOs leading scholars_of history, sociology, political science, and philosophy_to explore the meaning of civil society, its positive and negative effects, its relation to government, and its contribution to democracy. The chapters range widely, taking up the connection between social trust and civic renewal, the role of citizen councils in environmental decisionmaking, the growth of self-help groups and their impact on community, historical patterns of civic activity by women and African Americans, and the place of expertise in public deliberation on scientific and medical issues. By examining the many disparate views of the civil society debate, this important volume will contribute to the process of civic renewal.

Author : Endre Arato
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Civil society
ISBN : 0847687724

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Civil Society, Democracy, and Civic Renewal by Endre Arato Pdf

Author : Don E. Eberly
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : History
ISBN : 0847692299

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America's Promise by Don E. Eberly Pdf

Noted scholar and activist Don Eberly details the history, achievements, and goals of the civil society movement. He demonstrates why civil society is crucial to the preservation of democratic values and institutions, and he explains why the concern over America's moral decay must be our major priority. Our society, argues Eberly, cannot thrive, and perhaps cannot survive, without strong social institutions, a vibrant moral order, and an active, intellectual grass roots dimension.

Author : Peter Levine
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780190464424

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We Are the Ones We Have Been Waiting For by Peter Levine Pdf

"In September 2011, two leading civic engagement advocacy organizations headed, respectively, by Robert Putnam and Peter Levine released a joint report showing that a region's level of civic engagement was a strong predictor of its ability to recover from the Great Recession. This finding confirms what advocates of civic engagement have long hypothesized: that strengthening the networks between government and civil society and increasing citizen participation results in better government and better community outcomes. However, citizens concerned about the economic crisis need more than just deliberation or community organizing alone to achieve these outcomes. What they need, according to Peter Levine, is a movement devoted to civic renewal. Deliberative democracy-the idea that true democratic legitimacy derives from open, inclusive discussion and dialogue rather than simple voting-has become an extremely influential concept in the last two decades. In We Are the Ones We Have Been Waiting For, Peter Levine contends that effective deliberative democracy depends upon effective community advocacy. Deliberation, he shows, is most valuable when talk and debate are integrated into a community's everyday life. To illustrate how it works, Levine draws lessons from both community organizing and developmental psychology, and uses examples of successful efforts from communities across America as well as fledgling democracies in Africa and Eastern Europe. By engaging in this type of civic work, American citizens can meaningfully contribute to civic renewal, which, in turn, will address serious social problems that cannot be fixed in any other way"--

Author : April Lassiter
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 79 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0891950710

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Congress and Civil Society by April Lassiter Pdf

Author : Peter Levine
Publisher : Tufts University Press
Page : 434 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2015-01-06
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781611687880

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The Future of Democracy by Peter Levine Pdf

We need young people to be civically engaged in order to define and address public problems. Their participation is important for democracy, for institutions such as schools, and for young people themselves, who are more likely to succeed in life if they are engaged in their communities. In The Future of Democracy, Peter Levine, scholar and practitioner, sounds the alarm: in recent years, young Americans have become dangerously less engaged. They are tolerant, patriotic, and idealistic, and some have invented such novel and impressive forms of civic engagement, as blogs, "buycott" movements, and transnational youth networks. But most lack the skills and opportunities they need to participate in politics or address public problems. Levine's timely manifesto clearly explains the causes, symptoms, and repercussions of this damaging trend, and, most importantly, the means whereby America can confront and reverse it. Levine demonstrates how to change young people's civic attitudes, skills, and knowledge and, equally importantly, to reform our institutions so that civic engagement is rewarding and effective. We must both prepare citizens for politics and improve politics for citizens.

Author : Michael Edwards
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 145 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2014-06-05
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780745684291

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Civil Society by Michael Edwards Pdf

Civil Society has become a standard work of reference for those who seek to understand the role of voluntary citizen action. Recent global unrest has shown the importance of social movements and street protests in world politics. However, as this lucid book shows, the power that people have to shape their societies is usually channeled through day-to-day participation in voluntary associations and communities: expressions of “normal” civic life beyond the headlines. This is the underlying story of civil society. This new edition explores issues that have developed rapidly in recent years, including the overlaps between civil society and the market in the form of social enterprises and “venture philanthropy,” and the increasing role of social media and information and communication technologies in civic interaction. Different varieties of civil society in the Middle East, Africa and elsewhere are investigated in more detail, and case studies, data, and references have been updated throughout. Colleges, foundations and NGOs, policy-makers, journalists and commissions of inquiry Ð all have used Edwards’s book to understand and strengthen the vital role that civil society can play in deepening democracy, re-building community, and addressing inequality and injustice. This new edition will be required reading for anyone who is interested in creating a better world through voluntary citizen action.

Author : Nancy Bermeo,Philip Nord
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2000-11-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9780742573628

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Civil Society Before Democracy by Nancy Bermeo,Philip Nord Pdf

Bringing together historians and political scientists, this unique collaboration compares nineteenth-century civil societies that failed to develop lasting democracies with civil societies that succeeded. Much of the current literature on the connection between civil society and consolidating democracy focuses exclusively on single, contemporary polities that are ever-changing and uncertain. By studying historical cases, the authors are able to demonstrate which civil societies developed in tandem with lasting democracies and which did not. Contrasting these two sets of cases, the book both enlightens readers about individual countries and extracts lessons about the connections between civil society and democracy in contemporary times. Above all, the authors ask the vital but under-researched question, OHow and why does democratic civil society develop?O

Author : Don Eberly,Ryan Streeter
Publisher : Lexington Books
Page : 161 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2002-09-11
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780739161128

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The Soul of Civil Society by Don Eberly,Ryan Streeter Pdf

Americans care about the public value of moral habits. They like to see virtue rewarded and vice censured, appealing as this does to the nation's deep sense that one's success rests neither in money nor in power but in one's civility. In The Soul of Civil Society Don Eberly and Ryan Streeter look beyond such abstractions as the 'voluntary sector' and superficial communitarian solutions to civic anomie to identify the pivotal role played by local voluntary associations in a civil society. Not only important for the services they provide, these 'little platoons,' as Edmund Burke labeled them, are the public incubators of a 'new' morality, their emphasis on civic engagement at the local level central to preserving America's democratic culture on the national and international stage. More than simply championing the promise of a social renaissance, The Soul of Civil Society is essential reading for those seeking to do battle with a culturally entrenched individualism that threatens the core of America's moral vitality.

Author : Peter Burnell,Peter Calvert
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 285 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2004-03
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781135755119

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Civil Society in Democratization by Peter Burnell,Peter Calvert Pdf

Featuring a broad range of perspectives on the democratic process, this collection of essays explores the development of civil society and how civil societies manage democratic change around the world.

Author : T. Beichelt,I. Hahn,F. Schimmelfennig,S. Worschech
Publisher : Springer
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2014-01-28
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781137291097

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Civil Society and Democracy Promotion by T. Beichelt,I. Hahn,F. Schimmelfennig,S. Worschech Pdf

With contributions from experts on democracy promotion, this volume examines civil society development and external civil society promotion in post-socialist Europe. It focuses on countries with a failed or deficient process of democratic consolidation looking at unintended consequences of external democracy promotion on civil society development.

Author : Derrick Purdue
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2007-04-23
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781134149346

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Civil Societies and Social Movements by Derrick Purdue Pdf

This volume examines and contributes to debates surrounding social capital, social movements and the role of civil society in emerging forms of governance. The authors adopt a broad range of research approaches, from testing hypotheses drawn from rationale choice theory against available statistics on associations, to ethnographic study of emerging attempts at participant / deliberative democracy. Divided into three clear sections, focusing on the following core aspects of civil society: • the position of civic organizations between state and society in emerging forms of governance • the geographical scales of social movement mobilizations and actions from the local to the global • the patterns of public trust and civic engagement that falls under the rubric of social capital. The book draws on case studies from a wide range of countries, including: Russia, Ukraine, Britain, Greece, Spain, Germany, Argentina and new Asian democracies. Presenting current research on the key dimensions of civil society, Civil Societies and Social Movements will appeal to those researching and studying in the fields of political science, sociology and social policy.

Author : Boje, Thomas P.
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2021-07-31
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781789907773

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Civility and Participatory Democracy by Boje, Thomas P. Pdf

This thought-provoking book conceptualizes the importance of civil society and citizenship in building a sustainable and participatory democracy. It considers the ways in which networks and organizations promoting common interests contribute to this mediating space between the public and private spheres, examining the impacts of the diversity of values and attitudes held by these organizations. Taking a normative position, Thomas P. Boje argues for the importance of social justice and civility in an active, liberating, equitable and participatory society. This book concludes with a detailed discussion of the conditions required for a participatory democratic system in which all citizens are involved in the planning, decision-making and implementation of crucial decisions.

Author : Tam, Henry
Publisher : Bristol University Press
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2019-02-27
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781529200935

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Whose Government Is It? by Tam, Henry Pdf

This book brings together leading figures in democratic reform and civic engagement to show why and how better state-citizen cooperation is necessary for achieving positive social change. Their contributions demonstrate that, while protest and non-state action may have their place, citizens must also work effectively with public bodies to secure sustainable improvements. The authors explain why the problem of civic disengagement poses a major threat, highlight what actions can be taken, and suggest how the underlying obstacles to democratic cooperation between citizens and state institutions can be overcome across a range of policy areas and in varied national contexts.

Author : John Ehrenberg,John E. Ehrenberg,John R. Ehrenberg
Publisher : NYU Press
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 1999-03
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780814722077

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Civil Society by John Ehrenberg,John E. Ehrenberg,John R. Ehrenberg Pdf

Winner of the 1999 Michael J. Harrington Award from the Caucus for a New Political Science of APSA Examines the tenets of civil society as they have been understood in the past two and a half millennia In the absence of noble public goals, admired leaders, and compelling issues, many warn of a dangerous erosion of civil society. Are they right? What are the roots and implications of their insistent alarm? How can public life be enriched in a period marked by fraying communities, widespread apathy, and unprecedented levels of contempt for politics? How should we be thinking about civil society? Civil Society examines the historical, political, and theoretical evolution of how civil society has been understood for the past two and a half millennia. From Aristotle and the Enlightenment philosophers to Colin Powell's Volunteers for America, Ehrenberg provides an indispensable analysis of the possibilities-and limits-of what this increasingly important idea can offer to contemporary political affairs.