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1 online resource (vi, 350 pages). |
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| Series |
Studies on Civil Society ; 7
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Studies on civil society ; v. 7.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 327-336) and index. |
| Summary |
Since the emergence of the dissident "parallel polis" in Eastern Europe, civil society has become a "new superpower," influencing democratic transformations, human rights, and international co-operation; co-designing economic trends, security and defense; reshaping the information society; and generating new ideas on the environment, health, and the "good life." This volume seeks to compare and reassess the role of civil society in the rich West, the poorer South, and the quickly expanding East in the context of the twenty-first century's challenges. It presents a novel perspective on civic. |
| Contents |
Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter 1. Civil Society in the Era of Monitory Democracy; Chapter 2. Civil Society in the Age of Crisis; Chapter 3. Digital Deprivation: New Media, Civil Society, and Sustainability; Chapter 4. Monitory versus Managed Democracy: Does Civil Society Matter in Contemporary Russia?; Chapter 5. Monitory Democracy and Ecological Civilization in the People's Republic of China; Chapter 6. Tenous Spaces: Civil Society in Burma/Myanmar; Chapter 7. Kenya's Green Belt Movement: Contributions, Conflict, Contradictions, and Complications in a Prominent Environmental Non-Governmental Organization (ENGO) |
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Chapter 8. A New Direction in Transnational Civil Society: The Politics of Muslim NGO Coalitions; Chapter 9. Anti-Totalitarian Feminism? Civic Resistance in Iran; Chapter 10. Associative Democracy in the Swedish Welfare State; Chapter 11. State Capture of Civil Society: Effects of Patronage in the Norwegian Aid Industry; Chapter 12. Civil Society as a Driver of Governance Innovation: A Montesquieu Perspective; Afteword: An Ounce of Action is Worth a Ton of Theory; Contributors; Selected Bibliography; Index. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Civil society.
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Civil society. |
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Civil society -- History.
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History. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Added Author |
Trägårdh, Lars, editor.
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Witoszek, Nina, editor.
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Taylor, Bron Raymond, editor.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Civil society in the age of monitory democracy. New York : Berghahn, 2013 9780857457561 (DLC) 2012019050 (OCoLC)794640275 |
| ISBN |
9780857457578 |
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0857457578 |
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9780857457561 |
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085745756X |
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9781782381495 |
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178238149X |
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9781782381501 |
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1782381503 |
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