Restoring Civil Societies

Author : Kai J. Jonas,Thomas A. Morton
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2012-08-08
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781118347652

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Restoring Civil Societies by Kai J. Jonas,Thomas A. Morton Pdf

Breakdowns in civil societies can be catalyzed by factors ranging from war and genocide to natural disaster, disease and economic downturns. Restoring Civil Societies examines social processes related to civic engagement in the wake of these societal ruptures. The authors show how crises in civil society can be both pervasive and localized, broad-based and limited to defined social sub-groups. Whatever their scale, Restoring Civil Societies identifies models that analyze the social psychology of crises in order to devise ways of re-activating civic engagement and safeguarding civil society. Focusing on these positive interventions, the authors identify a number of key strategies, ranging from the simplicity and directness of bystander interventions to the volunteer armies mobilized in the wake of natural disasters. They include collective action organized to redress systemic inequalities, and the vital healing role played by truth commissions in Rwanda and elsewhere. Restoring Civil Societies fills the gap between basic research on social issues and translation into social policies and programs-an area which, in light of current economic and social unrest, is more important now than ever.

Author : Valentina Gentile
Publisher : LUISS University Press - Po
Page : 167 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2013-03
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9788861051584

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From Identity-Conflict to Civil Society Restoring Human Dignity and Pluralism in Deeply Divided Societies by Valentina Gentile Pdf

In societies like Bosnia or Rwanda, deep divisions along ethnic and religious lines and the legacy of years of atrocities and violence pose serious challenges to liberal forms of consensus. People do not recognise themselves asmembers of a political community, and identity politics is pursued at the expense of liberal democratic projects and reconciliation programmes. This book explores the nature and role of civil society in deeply divided societies. Civil society is presented here as the spherewhere a shared 'culture of civility' emerges. The 'culture of civility' enables individuals to become part of a community of citizens and accept to reciprocate on the basis of some basic universal values, such as the protection of human dignity. The last chapter on Bosnia shows that relevance of civil society crucially depends on its capacity to represent the sphere where individuals are able to recognize and deal with transitional issues by appealing to the Bosnian 'culture of civility' and developing a sense of justice based on a shared understanding of the idea of human dignity.

Author : Don E. Eberly
Publisher : Hourglass Book Pub.
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Political Science
ISBN : PSU:000033178868

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Restoring the Good Society by Don E. Eberly Pdf

Author : Bruce D Abramson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2019-03-15
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9798609954572

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American Restoration by Bruce D Abramson Pdf

We want our country back. A nefarious ideological movement called "progressivism" has seized control of American culture, rejected American morality, deconstructed American language, and debased American law. What we're fighting is neither a political battle nor a culture war. It's a moral struggle with cultural and political dimensions. The chasm dividing America from progressivism is stark: -America is colorblind; progressivism is racist.-America embraces new Americans; progressivism holds all Americans in contempt.-The American God has Judeo-Christian roots; progressivism worships pure ego.-America is philosemitic; progressivism is deeply antisemitic.-America is proud of its Christian heritage; progressivism distrusts all who have taken Christ into their lives.-America welcomes Muslims who share the American dream; progressivism promotes Islamism.-America is rational and scientific; progressivism is utopian and fantastic.-America embraces faith, community, and civil society; progressivism trusts only in government.-America worships freedom; progressivism promotes thought control.-America believes the best societies arise through interactions among free people making free choices; progressivism relies upon enlightened elite opinion to dictate the rules of society.-America touts its freedom of religion; progressivism grudgingly tolerates freedom of worship.-Israel is American; the EU is progressive.-America is good; progressivism is evil.And those are just selected headlines.What can we do about it? We have only two choices: We can let go of America or we can defeat progressivism. Restorationism is a movement committed to the fight. American Restoration maps out a battle plan for American restorationism. Its discussions drive toward one or more of the four points critical to restoring America-or, to coopt a memorable phrase, to Make America Great Again! Remember Who We Are: We Are Americans!Know the Enemy: The ideology known as Progressivism seeks to undermine our morality-and our sanity.Recognize the Weapons Deployed Against Us: Deconstruction, Fabrication, and Projection-or lies, lies, lies.Master the Arsenal of Defense & Counterattack: Definition, Examination, and Reflection-call them out on their lies.That's it. That's the grand strategy. Deploy it, and we win. We reclaim our great American nation. We restore our shining city on a hill. Continue as we've been going, and all bets are off.Read here to learn how to win this Second American Civil War.

Author : Bruce R. Sievers
Publisher : UPNE
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781584659143

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Civil Society, Philanthropy, and the Fate of the Commons by Bruce R. Sievers Pdf

Traces the historical development of civil society and philanthropy in the West and analyzes their role in solving the problems faced by modern liberal democracy

Author : Don E. Eberly
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Page : 421 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2000-07-12
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780742578685

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The Essential Civil Society Reader by Don E. Eberly Pdf

In The Civil Society Reader Don Eberly presents the classic writings of the leading scholars and organizers who have brought the civil society debate to the forefront of American politics.

Author : Milan Dvor̆ák,Naval Postgraduate School (U.S.)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 119 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2000-06-01
Category : Civil society
ISBN : 142353641X

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Obstacles to Democratization by Milan Dvor̆ák,Naval Postgraduate School (U.S.) Pdf

The objective of this research is to develop a set of criteria that might be used to highlight the obstacles with which many nations have had to deal after they started to restore, or build democracy. The research is focused on historical conditions that shaped the development of civil societies in four countries (Czech Republic, Poland, Botswana and Kenya) before these countries decided to restore or build their democracies. The study of these four countries from different parts of the world shows essential obstacles that, to some extent, shaped the process of the transition and could be taken into account to predict its length, success, or failure. These pre-existing obstacles are sometimes overlooked or underestimated at the beginning of the transformation, and, consequently they could cause not only the failure of the democratic process, but also increasing tension in society.

Author : H. Seckinelgin,Billy Wong
Publisher : Springer
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2016-01-12
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780230303805

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Global Civil Society 2011 by H. Seckinelgin,Billy Wong Pdf

Global Civil Society 2011 combines activist and academic accounts of contemporary struggles to promote, negotiate and deliver justice in a global frame without a central authority. In their engagement with cultural diversity and their networked communication the contributors rethink and remake justice beyond the confines of the nation state.

Author : Jean L. Cohen,Andrew Arato
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 804 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 1994-03-29
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0262531216

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Civil Society and Political Theory by Jean L. Cohen,Andrew Arato Pdf

In this first serious work on the theory of civil society to appear in many years, Jean Cohen and Andrew Arato contend that the concept of civil society articulates a contested terrain in the West that could become the primary locus for the expansion of democracy and rights. In this major contribution to contemporary political theory, Jean Cohen and Andrew Arato argue that the concept of civil society articulates a contested terrain in the West that could become a primary locus for the expansion of democracy and rights.

Author : Jean-Louis Laville,Dennis R. Young,Philippe Eynaud
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2015-04-24
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781317747147

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Civil Society, the Third Sector and Social Enterprise by Jean-Louis Laville,Dennis R. Young,Philippe Eynaud Pdf

If the twentieth century was only focused on the complementarity and the opposition of market and state, the twenty-first century has now to deal with the prominence of the third sector, the emergence of social enterprises and other solidarity hybrid forms. The concept of civil society organisations (CSOs) spans this diversity and addresses this new complexity. The first part of the book highlights the organizational dimensions of CSOs and analyses the growing role of management models and their limits. Too often, the study of CSO governance has been centered on the role of the board and has not sufficiently taken into account the different types of accountability environments. Thus, the conversation about CSO governance rises to the level of networks rather than simple organizations per se, and the role of these networks in setting the agenda in a democratic society. In this perspective, the second part emphasizes the institutional dimensions of CSO governance by opening new avenues on democracy. First, the work of Ostrom about governing the commons provides us new insights to think community self-governance. Second, the work of Habermas and Fraser opens the question of deliberative governance and the role of public sphere to enlarge our vision of CSO governance. Third, the concepts of substantive rationality and economy proposed respectively by Ramos and Polanyi reframe the context in which the question can be addressed. Lastly, this book argues for a stronger intercultural approach useful for the renewal of paradigms in CSOs research. This book has for objective to present a unique collective work in bringing together 33 authors coming from 11 countries to share perpectives on civil society governance and will be of interest to an international audience of researchers and policy-makers.

Author : Peter J. Burnell,Peter Calvert
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0714655899

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Civil Society in Democratization by Peter J. 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 : John Ehrenberg,John E. Ehrenberg,John R. Ehrenberg
Publisher : NYU Press
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 55,8 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.

Author : Don E. Eberly,Ryan Streeter
Publisher : Lexington Books
Page : 166 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0739104241

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The Soul of Civil Society by Don E. 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 : Eugeniusz Górski
Publisher : CRVP
Page : 271 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Civil society
ISBN : 9781565182417

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Civil Society, Pluralism, and Universalism by Eugeniusz Górski Pdf

Author : Verena Beittinger-Lee
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2013-01-11
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781135247607

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(Un) Civil Society and Political Change in Indonesia by Verena Beittinger-Lee Pdf

(Un) Civil Society and Political Change in Indonesia provides critical analysis of Indonesia’s civil society and its impact on the country’s democratization efforts that does not only take the classical, pro-democratic actors of civil society into account but also portrays uncivil groups and their growing influence on political processes. Beittinger-Lee offers a revised categorization of civil society, including a model to define the sphere of ‘uncivil society’ more closely and to identify several subcategories of uncivil society. This is the first book to portrays various uncivil groups in Indonesia, ranging from vigilantes, militias, paramilitaries, youth groups, civil security task forces and militant Islamic (and other religious) groups, ethnonationalist groups to terrorist organizations and groups belonging to organized crime. Moreover, it provides the reader with an overview of Indonesia’s history, its political developments after the democratic opening, main improvements under the various presidents since Suharto’s fall, constitutional amendments and key reforms in human rights legislation. This book will be of interest to upper level undergraduates, postgraduates and academics in political science and Southeast Asian studies.