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Civil Society in Southeast Europe

Author :
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004495827
Total Pages : 214 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (44 download)

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Download or read book Civil Society in Southeast Europe written by and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2021-11-08 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Civil Society in Central and Eastern Europe

Author : Péter Vándor
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9783902673107
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (731 download)

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Download or read book Civil Society in Central and Eastern Europe written by Péter Vándor and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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

Author : OECD
Publisher : OECD Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9264175369
Total Pages : 96 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (641 download)

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Book Synopsis Anti-corruption Measures in South Eastern Europe Civil Society's Involvement by : OECD

Download or read book Anti-corruption Measures in South Eastern Europe Civil Society's Involvement written by OECD and published by OECD Publishing. This book was released on 2002-04-26 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Activist Citizenship in Southeast Europe

Author : Adam Fagan
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 0429886411
Total Pages : 205 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (298 download)

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Download or read book Activist Citizenship in Southeast Europe written by Adam Fagan and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-04-28 with total page 205 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Society and Politics in South-East Europe

Author : Nikolai Genov
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 284 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Society and Politics in South-East Europe written by Nikolai Genov and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Cohesion Policy and Multi-level Governance in South East Europe

Author : Ian Bache
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317986008
Total Pages : 155 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (179 download)

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Book Synopsis Cohesion Policy and Multi-level Governance in South East Europe by : Ian Bache

Download or read book Cohesion Policy and Multi-level Governance in South East Europe written by Ian Bache and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-09-13 with total page 155 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Bourgeois Culture and Civil Society in Southeast Europe

Author : Klaus Roth
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 28 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Bourgeois Culture and Civil Society in Southeast Europe written by Klaus Roth and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Open Government Fostering Dialogue with Civil Society

Author : OECD
Publisher : OECD Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9264019952
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (64 download)

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Download or read book Open Government Fostering Dialogue with Civil Society written by OECD and published by OECD Publishing. This book was released on 2003-12-11 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines how to build robust legal, institutional and policy frameworks for access to information, consultation and public participation in policy-making.

Civil Society and Governance in Europe

Author : William A. Maloney
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1848442874
Total Pages : 285 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (484 download)

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Download or read book Civil Society and Governance in Europe written by William A. Maloney and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2008-01-01 with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Civil Society and Transitions in the Western Balkans

Author : V. Bojicic-Dzelilovic
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1137296259
Total Pages : 167 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (372 download)

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Download or read book Civil Society and Transitions in the Western Balkans written by V. Bojicic-Dzelilovic and published by Springer. This book was released on 2013-01-11 with total page 167 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Ethnic Conflicts and Civil Society

Author : Andreas Klinke
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351758756
Total Pages : 247 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (517 download)

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Download or read book Ethnic Conflicts and Civil Society written by Andreas Klinke and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-02-05 with total page 247 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This title was first published in 2000: The papers presented in this volume are based on the discussions of a workshop which asked: how can ethnic and political cooperation be accomplished in ethnically and politically heterogeneous countries after the collapse of the communist regimes which left a void for nationalist and even chauvinist movements? The objectives are: to promote a better understanding of the contemporary "ethnic" conflicts and their social, cultural and political causes; to determine the historical, structural and political developments that have led to or intensified these conflicts; to analyze and develop positive role models for coping with such conflicts; to provide constructive proposals for future conflict resolution mechanisms; and to identify the crucial elements for building trust-generating institutions on the basis of the civil society model. The papers address ethnic conflicts in Eastern Europe, with a particular focus on the former republics of Yugoslavia. They aim to go beyond the analysis of causes and manifestations of such conflicts and to offer constructive ideas for the post-Civil-War period.

Civil Society in Central and Eastern Europe

Author : Sabine
Publisher : Columbia University Press
ISBN 13 : 3838260414
Total Pages : 176 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (382 download)

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Download or read book Civil Society in Central and Eastern Europe written by Sabine and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2014-04-15 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Civil Society and Activism in Europe

Author : William A. Maloney
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136996982
Total Pages : 284 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (369 download)

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Download or read book Civil Society and Activism in Europe written by William A. Maloney and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2010-04-05 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Illiberal Politics in Southeast Europe

Author : Damir Kapidžić
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000460746
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (4 download)

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Download or read book Illiberal Politics in Southeast Europe written by Damir Kapidžić and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-09-30 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Civil Society and the State

Author : John Keane
Publisher : London ; New York : Verso
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 440 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Civil Society and the State written by John Keane and published by London ; New York : Verso. This book was released on 1988 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines the origins and development of the distinction between civil society and state and its contemporary relevance in relation to households, labour markets, trade unions, voluntary associations, political parties, and state bureaucracies.

Democracy Between Consolidation and Crisis

Author : Leonardo Morlino
Publisher : OUP Oxford
ISBN 13 : 0191521205
Total Pages : 406 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (915 download)

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Download or read book Democracy Between Consolidation and Crisis written by Leonardo Morlino and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 1998-07-02 with total page 406 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The second half of the twentieth century has witnessed several waves of democratization in Europe, the Americas, and in other regions of the world, such as South East Asia. Although for the most part these democratic regimes are no longer haunted by the prospect of a return to authoritarianism, severe economic and social problems have posed serious challenges, creating a situation where change is often achieved through alternating periods of consolidation and crisis. Drawing on a systematic, empirical analysis of four key Southern European countries, Portugal, Spain, Greece, and Italy, Morlino identifies several key aspects of democratic consolidation: consensus and legitimation, party system and party organization, and the ways in which organized and non-organized interests are related to parties and the institutions of state. The resulting models of consolidation are analysed and the mechanisms and patterns of their unfolding crises identified, taking care to disentangle the pragmatic reactions against the regime, often related to corruption, from more ideological ones grounded in differences in values. Finally, the author addresses the question of the `quality' of democracy, examining how this is related to the outcome of processes of consolidation and crisis. This insightful study offers the first extensive, comparative analysis of consolidation and crisis in these countries, and features a wealth of up-to-date information on party organizations, interest associations, the media, and public opinion. Although clearly focusing on Southern Europe, the author's findings are extremely relevant for understanding the politics of several other regions, including Eastern Europe, Latin America, and South East Asia.

The Evolution of Civil-Military Relations in South East Europe

Author : Philipp H. Fluri
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 3790816566
Total Pages : 273 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (98 download)

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Book Synopsis The Evolution of Civil-Military Relations in South East Europe by : Philipp H. Fluri

Download or read book The Evolution of Civil-Military Relations in South East Europe written by Philipp H. Fluri and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2005-12-27 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book, authored by a multi-national team, draws a complicated, yet logically evolving picture of the problems in the security sector reform field of South-East Europe, examining the post-totalitarian and post-conflict challenges to be faced.