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Society and Democracy in Europe
Author | : Silke I. Keil,Oscar W. Gabriel |
Publsiher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 314 |
Release | : 2013 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 9780415523844 |
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This comparative book draws on the European Social Survey to examine what kinds of societal forces shape an individuals' relationship towards political life and develops a theoretical perspective on the relationship between social structure and democracy, linking this to research on social capital and political behavior.
Civil Society Before Democracy
Author | : Nancy Gina Bermeo,Philip G. Nord |
Publsiher | : Rowman & Littlefield |
Total Pages | : 324 |
Release | : 2000 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0847695506 |
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Bringing together historians and political scientists, this unique collaboration compares nineteenth-century civil societies that failed to develop lasting democracies with civil societies that succeeded.
Building Civil Society and Democracy in New Europe
Author | : Sven Eliaeson |
Publsiher | : Cambridge Scholars Publishing |
Total Pages | : 365 |
Release | : 2009-03-26 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 9781443808965 |
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The European enlargement process culminating in 2004 was - as a follow-up to die Wende and the implosion of the Russian empire - an event of the same magnitude as 1815 and 1919. Like 1918-19, it was an “exit into history”, a momentous event in post-Westphalian Europe. Even if acceptance of ten new countries was premature, it was appropriate to the moment history provided. The presence of the “New kids on the block” meant both problems and prospects. The end of the cold war meant the fall of the iron curtain – but a mental remnant of the curtain remains, in terms of attitudes regarding civility, corruption, and transparency, and expectations for democratic politics. Several of the “new” countries are “late children of 1848”. For them, entering NATO was more important than joining the EU, and also preceded EU-membership. Poland is bigger than the other 2004 countries together and has a heavy historical legacy. It is - as Germany used to be - imprinted by its special path between East and West and fear of being encircled by enemies. Although the Building of Civil Society and Democracy in countries in transformation can draw on experiences from the countries already within the EU, there is no primrose path for EU-integration. It is, moreover, an irony that the new member states, as a result of the expectations for post-Communist politics, build institutions of a kind that are no longer sufficiently efficient for “old” Europe. The new countries became a full-scale experiment in rule by experts: now by neo-liberals instead of Communists. A common European public sphere and civil society might emerge, but its form remains visible only at the horizon.
Democracy in Modern Europe
Author | : Jussi Kurunmäki,Jeppe Nevers,Henk te Velde |
Publsiher | : Berghahn Books |
Total Pages | : 318 |
Release | : 2018-06-19 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 9781785338489 |
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As one of the most influential ideas in modern European history, democracy has fundamentally reshaped not only the landscape of governance, but also social and political thought throughout the world. Democracy in Modern Europe surveys the conceptual history of democracy in modern Europe, from the Industrial Revolutions of the nineteenth century through both world wars and the rise of welfare states to the present era of the European Union. Exploring individual countries as well as regional dynamics, this volume comprises a tightly organized, comprehensive, and thoroughly up-to-date exploration of a foundational issue in European political and intellectual history.
Civil Society and Governance in Europe
Author | : William A. Maloney,Jan W. Van Deth |
Publsiher | : Edward Elgar Publishing |
Total Pages | : 285 |
Release | : 2008-01-01 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 9781848442870 |
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The research presented in this book based on new primary data demonstrates that in terms of civil society actors adapting to the European political space the Europeanization process has an uneven development. This innovative book integrates top-down approaches for the study of relationships within the developing EU-multilevel system (i.e., the consequences of Europeanization for civil society at the local level) and bottom-up approaches (i.e., the consequences of civil society for the process of European integration and democracy in the EU). The contributors argue that exploration of these recursive linkages requires a rethinking of the relationships between (local, national, and trans-national) civil society on the one hand, and multi-level governance on the other. In analyzing the opportunities for civil society associations to contribute to European integration and decision-making from various perspectives, the following findings are presented, amongst others: engagement with and confidence in the EU (compared to national institutions) is relatively weak among associational members party elites play a key gatekeeper role in the European space the EU and interest groups have had limited success in stimulating the development of citizen engagement, civil society and social capital in various countries. In the rapidly expanding field of research on democratic decision-making in Europe, this book will be welcomed by academics and scholars alike at postgraduate levels and above. Experts working in the field of European decision-making (such as lawyers and lobbyists) who are looking for conclusions based on high-quality empirical research will also find much in this book to engage them.
Democracy in Europe
Author | : Anonim |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 514 |
Release | : 1877 |
Genre | : Electronic Book |
ISBN | : RMS:RMS34IST000010756$$$. |
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New Democracies and Old Societies in Europe
Author | : György Széll,Wiking Ehlert |
Publsiher | : Peter Lang Publishing |
Total Pages | : 404 |
Release | : 2001 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : UOM:39015054409084 |
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Ten years after the break down of the Berlin Wall, the withering away of real existing socialism but also of the welfare state, Europe is preparing for its re-unification. Hungary, Poland and the Czech Republic have already entered the NATO, nine more countries from the former Soviet Block and the Mediterranean are preparing themselves to enter the European Union. After hundreds of years of war the era of peace and welfare which seemed to be so near has vanished in new wars and atrocities. Fundamentalisms and globalisation question democracy as such. Nowadays the new term is good governance. The nation-state is stronger than imagined, and seems even to become the only refuge against global shareholder capitalism. Will the old civil societies be able to develop new forms of democracy in the heritage of our past?
Democracy and Civil Society in Eastern Europe
Author | : Paul G. Lewis |
Publsiher | : Springer |
Total Pages | : 179 |
Release | : 2016-07-27 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 9781349221745 |
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The book presents an informed and wide-ranging examination of issues surrounding the development and future prospects of civil society in Eastern Europe. The contributions, mostly by leading East European scholars, relate the key concept of civil society to the processes that led to the collapse of communism and which bear on prospects for the establishment of a democratic order throughout the region. The development of the concept is related to questions like those surrounding economic policy and reform and the women's movement.