Civil Society In Southeast Europe

Author : Anonim
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 214 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2021-11-08
Category : History
ISBN : 9789004495821

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Civil Society in Southeast Europe by Anonim Pdf

Since the fall of communism in 1989 Southeast Europe has been a site of far-reaching societal transformation, much of it marked by political crisis, economic upheaval, ethnic tension, and bitter war. The book comprises articles investigating the history and development of civil society in post-communist Southeast Europe. How is civil society to be grasped, what are the historical factors shaping the civil societies of the region?, what is the function of civil society in the transition to democracy and a market-economy?, and what are the prospects for the future development of the civil societies of the region in an age of globalization?, –these are just a few of the major questions addressed in this collection of articles. Many of the authors are social scientists, philosophers, and activists from the region, offering first-hand critical analysis of the state of civil society in Southeast Europe and suggesting theoretical and practical strategies for the future course of its development. The aim is to provide the reader with insight into the complex challenges that face the civil societies of the region.

Author : Péter Vándor,Nicole Traxler
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 41,6 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 : OECD
Publisher : OECD Publishing
Page : 96 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2002-04-26
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9789264175365

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Anti-corruption Measures in South Eastern Europe Civil Society's Involvement by OECD Pdf

This report provides policymakers and other stakeholders with an assessment of the legal and institutional environment in which civil society operates, together with recommendations for reform designed to enable civil society organisations and others to play a role in the fight against corruption.

Author : Adam Fagan,Indraneel Sircar
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 205 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2020-04-28
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780429886416

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Activist Citizenship in Southeast Europe by Adam Fagan,Indraneel Sircar Pdf

This volume explores recent episodes of progressive citizen-led mobilisation that have spread across Southeast Europe over the past decade. These protests have allowed citizens the opportunity to challenge prevailing notions of citizenship and provided the chance to redress what is perceived to be the unjust balance of power between elites and the masses. Each contribution debunks the myth of inherently passive post-socialist populations imitating West European forms of civil society activism. Rather, we gain a deeper sense of progressive and innovative forms of activist citizenship that display essentialist and particular forms of protest in combination with the antics of global protest networks. Through richly detailed case study research, the authors illustrate that whilst the catalysts for protest in Southeast Europe were invariably familiar (the expanse of private ownership into urban public spaces; the impact of austerity), the pathology of such protests were undoubtedly indigenous in origin, reflecting the particular post-socialist/post-authoritarian trajectories of these societies. The chapters in this book were originally published as a special issue in Europe-Asia Studies.

Author : Ian Bache,George Andreou
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 155 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2013-09-13
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781317986003

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Cohesion Policy and Multi-level Governance in South East Europe by Ian Bache,George Andreou Pdf

This book considers the extent to which EU cohesion policy and related pre-accession instruments are contributing to the development of more compound polities in south east Europe and, specifically, promoting multi-level governance. In this respect, there are two points of departure: the first is the argument that the EU is a highly compound polity that tends to pull member (and candidate) states in this direction; the second is the considerable literature that links EU cohesion policy to the promotion of multi-level governance. Following this, we have chosen a range of south east European states whose period of engagement with the EU generally differs: Greece, Slovenia, Bulgaria, Romania, Croatia, F.Y.R. Macedonia and Turkey. The case studies reveal that EU cohesion policy has created more compound polities but that system-wide multi-level governance remains weak and central governments are still prominent. However, there are interesting and potentially important developments in relation to particular features of multi-level governance, not least in states whose engagement with the EU in this sphere is relatively new. This book was published as a special issue of Southeast European and Black Sea Studies.

Author : Klaus Roth
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 28 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Balkan Peninsula
ISBN : IND:30000056321783

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Bourgeois Culture and Civil Society in Southeast Europe by Klaus Roth Pdf

Author : OECD
Publisher : OECD Publishing
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2003-12-11
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9789264019959

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Open Government Fostering Dialogue with Civil Society by OECD Pdf

This book examines how to build robust legal, institutional and policy frameworks for access to information, consultation and public participation in policy-making.

Author : William A. Maloney,Jan W. Van Deth
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 285 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2008-01-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781848442870

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Civil Society and Governance in Europe by William A. Maloney,Jan W. Van Deth Pdf

The research presented in this book based on new primary data demonstrates that in terms of civil society actors adapting to the European political space the Europeanization process has an uneven development. This innovative book integrates top-down approaches for the study of relationships within the developing EU-multilevel system (i.e., the consequences of Europeanization for civil society at the local level) and bottom-up approaches (i.e., the consequences of civil society for the process of European integration and democracy in the EU). The contributors argue that exploration of these recursive linkages requires a rethinking of the relationships between (local, national, and trans-national) civil society on the one hand, and multi-level governance on the other. In analyzing the opportunities for civil society associations to contribute to European integration and decision-making from various perspectives, the following findings are presented, amongst others: engagement with and confidence in the EU (compared to national institutions) is relatively weak among associational members party elites play a key gatekeeper role in the European space the EU and interest groups have had limited success in stimulating the development of citizen engagement, civil society and social capital in various countries. In the rapidly expanding field of research on democratic decision-making in Europe, this book will be welcomed by academics and scholars alike at postgraduate levels and above. Experts working in the field of European decision-making (such as lawyers and lobbyists) who are looking for conclusions based on high-quality empirical research will also find much in this book to engage them.

Author : V. Bojicic-Dzelilovic,J. Ker-Lindsay,D. Kostovicova
Publisher : Springer
Page : 167 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2013-01-11
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781137296252

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Civil Society and Transitions in the Western Balkans by V. Bojicic-Dzelilovic,J. Ker-Lindsay,D. Kostovicova Pdf

This book explores the ambiguous role played by civil society in the processes of state-building, democratization and post-conflict reconstruction in the Western Balkans challenging the assumption that civil society is always a force for good by analysing civil society actors and their effects in post-communist and post-conflict transition.

Author : Damir Kapidžić,Věra Stojarová
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2021-09-30
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781000460742

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Illiberal Politics in Southeast Europe by Damir Kapidžić,Věra Stojarová Pdf

The world is increasingly becoming less democratic and this trend has not left Southeast Europe untouched. But instead of democratic breakdown what we are witnessing is a gradual decline and the rise of competitive authoritarian regimes. This book aims to give a country-by-country overview of how illiberal politics has led to a decline in democracy and the re-emergence of autocratic governance in Southeast Europe, more specifically in the Western Balkans. It defines illiberal politics as the everyday practices through which ruling parties undermine democratic institutions in order to remain in power. Individual chapters examine recent political developments and identify practices of illiberal politics that target electoral institutions, rule of law, media freedom, judicial independence, and enable political patronage, while several thematic chapters comparatively explore cross-regional patterns. This book addresses academics, policymakers, and practitioners with professional interest in Southeast Europe or democratic decline and is both timely and relevant as the European Union attempts to reengage with the countries of the Western Balkans. The chapters in this book were originally published as a special issue of Southeast European and Black Sea Studies.

Author : Nikolai Genov
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Balkan Peninsula
ISBN : STANFORD:36105070776377

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Society and Politics in South-East Europe by Nikolai Genov Pdf

Author : Sabine Fischer
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 178 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2010-08-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783838200415

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Civil Society in Central and Eastern Europe by Sabine Fischer 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 : William A. Maloney,Jan W. Van Deth
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 341 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2010-04-05
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781136996979

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Civil Society and Activism in Europe by William A. Maloney,Jan W. Van Deth Pdf

This book examines the role of civil society organizations in several advanced European democracies: Germany, the Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland and the United Kingdom. Specifically the book focuses on how voluntary organizations contribute to civic and democratic health and assesses the impact of different organizational types on social capital. Building on Citizenship and Involvement in European Democracies and Social Capital and Associations in Europe (2007), this volume seeks to widen and deepen the analysis by introducing new data on activists and combining it with the organizational data and the population data. It evaluates the impact of the organizational context on individual activity profiles and attitudes and values of activists and provides a unique assessment on the contribution that voluntary associations make to civil and democratic society. Part One deals with the consequences of associational involvement for several attitudinal and behavioural orientations and Part Two expands the scope of the effects of voluntary associations towards European attitudes. This book is essential reading for students and scholars of civil society, democracy, political participation, politics and sociology.

Author : Jennifer Clarke,Asteris Huliaras
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2016-03-09
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781317177319

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Austerity and the Third Sector in Greece by Jennifer Clarke,Asteris Huliaras Pdf

Organised civil society in Greece is generally regarded as weak with rankings for associational density, volunteerism and levels of social capital traditionally among the lowest in Europe. Austerity and the Third Sector in Greece explores the context behind the statistics and general perceptions of a society of takers, not givers. Stereotypes of a country living beyond its means have been exacerbated by the Eurozone crisis but, since 2008, there has in fact been a great proliferation of organised civil society initiatives in the country. Has the financial crisis seen a belated awakening of Greek civil society? Offering a broad overview of contemporary civil society in Greece this book explores how various characteristics of the country's socio-political context have affected the development of the third sector and examines the effect of the economic crisis on it. Expert contributors combine macro-level analyses with local case studies to form a fascinating new study on the influences of national and regional context on civil society development. Their findings provide not only for a better understanding of similar movements, but also contribute to wider academic debates on societal responses to economic crises.

Author : Adam Jarosz,Katarzyna Kącka
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 446 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2018-11-12
Category : History
ISBN : 9781527521445

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Models of European Civil Society by Adam Jarosz,Katarzyna Kącka Pdf

The following volume is devoted to the issues of European models of civil societies. The aim of the authors is not to exhaust the whole topic but to bring forward some studies related to the civil society, both in the historical but also present perspective. Civil society is an important factor in a well-functioning state and crucial for developing a real, active and conscious community, which is able to control the state and its’ servants. Even more importantly, when the state fails to react to negative developments or leaders misuse their power to enforce it in fulfilling its duties, and in the most radical, or dramatic cases to replace it or change the governors. Democratic order gives the society enough tools to do this and the internet, social media and other new means of communication improve the level of self-organisation and shorten the time for potential reactions.