Civil Societies and Social Movements: Potentials and Problems Contributor(s): Purdue, Derrick (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0415586755 ISBN-13: 9780415586757 Publisher: Routledge
Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions Published: June 2010 Click for more in this series: Routledge/ECPR Studies in European Political Science |
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BISAC Categories: - Social Science - Political Science | Civil Rights |
Dewey: 303.484 |
Series: Routledge/ECPR Studies in European Political Science |
Physical Information: 0.52" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" L (0.78 lbs) 248 pages |
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Publisher Description: This volume examines and contributes to debates surrounding social capital, social movements and the role of civil society in emerging forms of governance. The authors adopt a broad range of research approaches, from testing hypotheses drawn from rationale choice theory against available statistics on associations, to ethnographic study of emerging attempts at participant / deliberative democracy. Divided into three clear sections, focusing on the following core aspects of civil society: - the position of civic organizations between state and society in emerging forms of governance - the geographical scales of social movement mobilizations and actions from the local to the global - the patterns of public trust and civic engagement that falls under the rubric of social capital. The book draws on case studies from a wide range of countries, including: Russia, Ukraine, Britain, Greece, Spain, Germany, Argentina and new Asian democracies. Presenting current research on the key dimensions of civil society, Civil Societies and Social Movements will appeal to those researching and studying in the fields of political science, sociology and social policy. |
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