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Civil society revisted : lessons from Poland /

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 e...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Jacobsson, Kerstin (Editor ), Korolczuk, Elżbieta (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Berghahn Books, 2017.
Colección:Studies on civil society ; v. 9.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario: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'.
Descripción Física:1 online resource
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781785335525
1785335529