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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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Berghahn Books,
2017.
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| Series: | Studies on civil society ;
v. 9. |
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| Online Access: | Connect to this title online (unlimited users allowed) |
Table of Contents:
- 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.