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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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  • Civil Society Revisited; Contents; List of Figures and Tables; Preface; Introduction. Rethinking Polish Civil Society; Part I. Civil Society in Contemporary Poland; Chapter 1. Civil Society in Postcommunist Europe; Chapter 2. (Mis)understanding Social Activism in Poland; Chapter 3. Rethinking Civic Privatism in a Postsocialist Context; Chapter 4. Defining In/Defining Out; Part II. (De)legitimization of Civic Activism; Chapter 5. When Parents Become Activists; Chapter 6. On the Disappearing Mother; Chapter 7. Marginalizing Discourses and Activists' Strategies in Collective Identity Formation.
  • Chapter 8. Voice and InsecurityPart III. Civil Society Making; Chapter 9. Between Tradition and Modernity; Chapter 10. Ethnic Bonding and Homing Desires; Chapter 11. Mobilizing on the Extreme Right in Poland; Conclusion. Empirical and Theoretical Lessons from the Volume; Index.