Civil Society In Central And Eastern Europe

Author : Sabine
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 177 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2014-04-15
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783838260419

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Civil Society in Central and Eastern Europe by Sabine Pdf

As well as promoting debates about liberal democracy, the dramatic events of 1989 also bought forth a powerful revival in the interest of the notion of civil society. This revival was reflected mainly in two broad tracts of literature. The first was primarily focused on the events surrounding the Solidarity movement in Poland and the tumultuous events of 1980-81. The second was concerned with the ‘Velvet Revolutions’ more broadly. Following the events of 1989, there appeared a number of works sharing the common central argument that civil society played a key role in the overthrow of these Communist regimes in 1989. Challenging the centrally accepted wisdom that dissent in totalitarian regimes was representative of civil society, Civil Society and Communism posits the argument that the totalitarian public sphere, a new theoretical typology, presents a more robust and rigorous way by which to understand dissent and opposition in totalitarian Czechoslovakia, Poland and the GDR.

Author : Péter Vándor,Nicole Traxler
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 3902673109

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Civil Society in Central and Eastern Europe by Péter Vándor,Nicole Traxler Pdf

Author : Henderson, Paul,Vercseg, Ilona
Publisher : Policy Press
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2010-06-30
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781847428592

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Community development and civil society by Henderson, Paul,Vercseg, Ilona Pdf

To what extent are the ideas and practice of community development across Europe similar? Community Development and Civil Society explores this question with special reference to the UK and Hungary and shows how community development connects powerfully with civil society, a concept that today has global significance. Paul Henderson and Ilona Vercseg argue that community development is both a profession and a social movement and is relevant to a wide range of issues.They interweave case studies with discussion of principles and theory.The book's critical and accessible approach will appeal especially to students and practitioners.

Author : S. Wojciech Sokolowski
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2005-12-08
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780306471773

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Civil Society and the Professions in Eastern Europe by S. Wojciech Sokolowski Pdf

Focusing on service-providing organizations established by health and human service professionals in post-Communist Poland, this book adds a new dimension to the sociological study of voluntary organizations. The author investigates the motives and interests of the people who establish these organizations and the connections among organizational forms, the social organizations of production, and the occupational interests of professional service providers.

Author : Paul G. Lewis
Publisher : Springer
Page : 179 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2016-07-27
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781349221745

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Democracy and Civil Society in Eastern Europe by Paul G. Lewis Pdf

The book presents an informed and wide-ranging examination of issues surrounding the development and future prospects of civil society in Eastern Europe. The contributions, mostly by leading East European scholars, relate the key concept of civil society to the processes that led to the collapse of communism and which bear on prospects for the establishment of a democratic order throughout the region. The development of the concept is related to questions like those surrounding economic policy and reform and the women's movement.

Author : Annette Zimmer,Eckhard Priller
Publisher : VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften
Page : 708 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2013-12-20
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783322809803

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Future of Civil Society by Annette Zimmer,Eckhard Priller Pdf

The handbook provides practical knowledge pertinent to civil society organizations. It is specifically designed to meet the demands of organizations in Central Europe and addresses lecturers, students, staff and volunteers of NPOs. Das Handbuch stellt praxisrelevantes Wissen zur Führung einer zivilgesellschaftlichen Organisation parat und ist speziell auf die besonderen Bedarfe Mitteleuropas abgestimmt.

Author : Andrew Coulson,Adrian Campbell
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2007-08-02
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781136773587

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Local Government in Central and Eastern Europe by Andrew Coulson,Adrian Campbell Pdf

This book examines the democratic changes that took place in civil society in Central and Eastern Europe after the break up of the Soviet Union.

Author : Steven Saxonberg
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2016-04-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781317174615

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Beyond NGO-ization by Steven Saxonberg Pdf

The celebrations marking the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall provoked a debate on the outcomes of the transition process in the post-communist countries, including a debate on the functioning of civil society. This provided a good opportunity for researchers to collect new data and revise the discourse on collective action and the dynamics of civil society in these countries. Jacobsson and Saxonberg's collection of essays looks at social movements, and their forms of mobilization and organization, as well as action repertoires in relation to the social context, and their success or failure. The book meets an important need in the discourse on post-communist social movements by going beyond the usual discourse about the weak and non-participatory civil society in the post-communist context. This book gives a nuanced and updated view of social movements in post-communist Europe, by looking at the cases of relatively successful mobilization, by examining groups that have often been neglected in the discourse on social movements and civil society (including animal-rights groups, racist movements and non-feminist family organizations), and by giving a deeper analysis of the different strategies that civil society organizations and groups can use. Rather than expecting social movements in post-communist Europe to follow the same patterns and operate in the same fashion as in Western Europe, this volume shows that a wider view of contentious action is needed in order to understand the variety of strategies employed by collective actors operating in this context.

Author : David Horton Smith,Alisa Moldavanova,Svitlana Krasynska
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 371 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2018-09-04
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9789004380622

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The Nonprofit Sector in Eastern Europe, Russia, and Central Asia by David Horton Smith,Alisa Moldavanova,Svitlana Krasynska Pdf

The Nonprofit Sector in Eastern Europe, Russia, and Central Asia uniquely provides a timely overview of research on the nonprofit sector and nonprofit organizations in eleven former Soviet republics, with each central chapter written by local experts.

Author : Iris Schoenauer-Alvaro
Publisher : GRIN Verlag
Page : 26 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2008-08
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9783640130429

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Political Experiments in Eastern Europe: Civil Society by Iris Schoenauer-Alvaro Pdf

Essay from the year 2003 in the subject Politics - International Politics - Region: Eastern Europe, grade: Honours, Dublin City University, 24 entries in the bibliography, language: English, abstract: Despite the fact that during the recent Hungarian plebiscite regarding the country's accession to the European Union (EU) 83.76 per cent of the votes were in favour of joining the EU, the low election turnout of only 44.13 per cent of all Hungarians entitled to vote was considered "shameful"; an important political and economic decision has been taken with the official approval of only two fifth of the eight million Hungarians with voting rights.1 This and other somewhat disappointing examples raise the question of how committed Eastern Europeans are in terms of forging their own post-communist future. This paper will attempt to analyse the role civil society has played in the democratisation process of the region since 1989. As effects can generally only be properly assessed with a mid- or even long-term perspective, looking at isolated events, which took place during the last slightly more than thirteen years, does not suffice to come to a reliable conclusion about the strength or weakness of civil society. For this reason, I will focus in my analysis on tendencies and their possible historical explanation; where possible, survey data will be provided which should facilitate a broader understanding of current trends. Since - due to the individual countries' very distinct historical characteristics - in many instances it does not seem appropriate to evaluate "Eastern European civil societies" as a whole, I will adopt Attila gh's model differentiating at times between "East Central European (ECE) civil society" (Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Slovenia, Croatia) and "the Balkans civil society" (Bulgaria, Romania, Serbia, Macedonia, Albania, Bosnia) taking into consideration regional similarities ( gh, 1998: 5). The structure of this paper will be as follows

Author : United States. Congress. Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 26 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Civil society
ISBN : PURD:32754071811958

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Civil Society, Democracy, and Markets in East Central Europe and the NIS by United States. Congress. Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe Pdf

Author : Patrice C. McMahon,Paula M. Pickering,Dorota Pietrzyk-Reeves
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 197 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2024-06-07
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781040037928

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Activism in Hard Times in Central and Eastern Europe by Patrice C. McMahon,Paula M. Pickering,Dorota Pietrzyk-Reeves Pdf

Activism in Hard Times in Central and Eastern Europe elevates the voices of civic activists from Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) and analyzes a wealth of information to generate new insights into how activism in the region manages to be vibrant, diverse, and consequential. Because of these countries’ unique historical trajectory, CEE activists have, in important ways, leap-frogged their counterparts in the West. Giving special attention to activists in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), Hungary, Poland, Russia, and Ukraine, the book focuses on responses to the recent “hard times” – the shrinking of public space for civil society, democratic backsliding, polarization, and Russia’s war in Ukraine. The contributors contend that CEE activists provide important lessons for others confronting similar challenges around the world. The book is well-suited for a variety of undergraduate and graduate courses, such as comparative politics, human rights, global governance, social movements, Central and East European politics, and contemporary world politics. This timely and readable book, co-created by academics and activists and written in a conversational tone, will also be of interest to the interested public and practitioners. The book encourages readers to think differently about the role of civil society and activism, as well as about how new tools and polarizing dynamics affect activism in this region.

Author : Rachel A. May,Andrew K. Milton
Publisher : Lexington Books
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : History
ISBN : 0739120654

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(Un)civil Societies by Rachel A. May,Andrew K. Milton Pdf

Rachel A. May and Andrew K. Milton have assembled an array of scholars from different disciplines to examine transitional governments in Eastern Europe and Latin America. Drawing on specific political conditions and organized around topics such as the media, political parties, and political violence, (Un)Civil Societies broadens the discussion about democratization both thematically and geographically.

Author : Joerg Forbrig,Pavol Demeš
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 253 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Democracy
ISBN : 8096963902

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Reclaiming Democracy by Joerg Forbrig,Pavol Demeš Pdf

Author : Nancy Bermeo,Philip Nord
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 49,9 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