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Author: Bernard Enjolras
Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing
Published: 2009-12-01
Total Pages: 308
ISBN-13: 1849506078
DOWNLOAD EBOOKPresents a collection of comparative studies of civil society around two main issues: the comparison and analysis of civil society regimes in relation to different constructions of citizenship and welfare states and the role of civil society in governance and active participation of citizens.
Author: Bob Edwards
Publisher: UPNE
Published: 2001
Total Pages: 356
ISBN-13: 9781584651253
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAn interdisciplinary collection of historical and comparative articles on civil society and the social capital debate.
Author: Victor Pérez-Díaz
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Published: 2009-07-01
Total Pages: 279
ISBN-13: 1845459377
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe nature of the currently emerging European society, which includes the economic and social transformation of Eastern and Central European countries, has been hotly debated. At its center is the relationship between markets and civil society within political and social contexts. The contributors to this volume offer perspectives from various disciplines (the social sciences, conceptual history, law, economics) and from several European countries in order to explore the ways in which markets influence various forms of civil society, such as individual freedom, social cohesion, economic effectiveness and democratic governance, and influence the construction of a civil society in a broader sense.
Author: M. Hooghe
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2003-05-15
Total Pages: 265
ISBN-13: 1403979545
DOWNLOAD EBOOKSocial capital - networks of civic engagements, norms of reciprocity, and attitudes of trust - is widely seen as playing a key role for the health of democracy. While many authors have examined the consequences of social capital, there is a pressing need to explore its sources. This collection brings together leading American and European scholars in the first comparative analysis of how social trust and other civic attitudes are generated. The contributors to this volume examine the generation of social capital from two directions: society-based approaches that emphasize voluntary associations, and institutional approaches that emphasize policy.
Author: Associate Professor of Political Science Francesco Cavatorta
Publisher:
Published: 2014-11-10
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781138825949
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis volume examines theoretical and comparative perspectives on civil society activism under authoritarian constraints to offer a better understanding of its relationship with regime change. Rejecting a normative approach, the authors focus on the whole range of civic activism under authoritarianism.
Author: Philip Oxhorn
Publisher:
Published: 2004-05-19
Total Pages: 374
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis volume studies the relation of decentralization to democratization at both intermediate and local levels and analyzes how decentralization is transforming the relationship between the state and civil society.
Author: Bruno Jobert
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2008-06-10
Total Pages: 236
ISBN-13: 1134036787
DOWNLOAD EBOOKCivil society has become one of the key parts of the reference framework for governance, seeking to replace traditional public action in which representative democracy is combined with bureaucratic implementation. The success of the civil society myth contrasts with and consequently manifests itself in the problems of political and social legitimacy and representation. This book assesses the shift in the meaning and application of civil society, from citizen protests to its incorporation into public action. It examines the diversity of interpretations and uses of civil society in different political contexts and seeks to understand the reasons for its surfacing and its multiple forms in political discourse. The authors critically analyze and compare how different types of regimes in countries such as Italy, France and the UK, Poland and Czechoslovakia, South Africa, China, India and Chile; have incorporated or otherwise responded to the new discourse. Analyzing the surfacing and uses of civil society, this book will be of interest to students and scholars of political science, analysts, policymakers, non-profit think tanks and organizations interested in comparative international studies on the third sector.
Author: David Chiavacci
Publisher:
Published: 2020
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9789463723930
DOWNLOAD EBOOKCivil Society and the State in Democratic East Asia: Between Entanglement and Contention in Post High Growth focuses on the new and diversifying interactions between civil society and the state in contemporary East Asia by including cases of entanglement and contention in the three fully consolidated democracies in the area: Japan, South Korea and Taiwan. The contributions to this book argue that all three countries have reached a new era of post high growth and mature democracy, leading to new social anxieties and increasing normative diversity, which have direct repercussions on the relationship between the state and civil society. It introduces a comparative perspective in identifying and discussing similarities and differences in East Asia based on in-depth case studies in the fields of environmental issues, national identities as well as neoliberalism and social inclusion that go beyond the classic dichotomy of state vs 'liberal' civil society.
Author: Frank J. Schwartz
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2003-10-20
Total Pages: 416
ISBN-13: 9780521534628
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Author: O. Encarnación
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2015-12-25
Total Pages: 244
ISBN-13: 1403981647
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAlmost irrespective of the geographic setting, the debate about the future of democracy in post-authoritarian societies is increasingly tied to the strength of civil society. A strong civil society is thought to be crucial to the emergence of successful democracies while a weak civil society is deemed the cause of flawed or frozen democracies. Using contrasting evidence from Spain and Brazil, this study challenges these widespread assumptions about contemporary democratization. It argues that it is the performance of political institutions rather than the configuration of civil society that determines the consolidation of democratic regimes.
