Civil Society Revisited

Lessons from Poland

352 Seiten, Hardcover

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

In much social scientific literature, Polish civil society has been portrayed as weak and passive. This volume offers a much-needed corrective, challenging this characterization on both theoretical and empirical grounds and suggesting new ways of conceptualizing civil society to better account for events on the ground as well as global trends such as neoliberalism, migration, and the renewal of nationalist ideologies. Focusing on forms of collective action that researchers have tended to overlook, the studies gathered here show how public discourse legitimizes certain claims and political actions as "true" civil society, while others are too often dismissed. Taken together, they critique a model of civil society that is 'made from above'.

• Reihe: Studies on Civil Society
• Themen: Gesellschaft und Sozialwissenschaften Politik und Staat Politische Kontrolle, Propaganda und Freiheitsrechte Politische Bildung und Zivilgesellschaft
• ISBN: 9781785335518
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 01.06.2017
• Größe: 235 x 157 mm
• Verlag: Berghahn Books
• Herausgegeben von: El¿bieta Korolczuk, Kerstin Jacobsson