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Record Nr.

UNINA9910480696003321

Titolo

Civil society in the age of monitory democracy / / edited by Lars Trägårdh, Nina Witoszek, and Bron Taylor

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Berghahn, , 2013

ISBN

1-78238-149-X

0-85745-757-8

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (358 p.)

Collana

Studies in civil society ; ; Volume 7

Disciplina

300

Soggetti

Civil society

Civil society - History

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages [327]-336) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Civil Society in the Age of Monitory Democracy; CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; INTRODUCTION; Chapter 1: CIVIL SOCIETY IN THE ERA OF MONITORY DEMOCRACY; Chapter 2: CIVIL SOCIETY IN THE AGE OF CRISIS; Chapter 3: DIGITAL DEPRIVATION; Chapter 4: MONITORY VERSUS MANAGED DEMOCRACY; Chapter 5: MONITORY DEMOCRACY AND ECOLOGICAL CIVILIZATION IN THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA; Chapter 6: TENUOUS SPACES; Chapter 7: KENYA'S GREEN BELT MOVEMENT; Chapter 8: A NEW DIRECTION IN TRANSNATIONAL CIVIL SOCIETY; Chapter 9: ANTI-TOTALITARIAN FEMINISM?; Chapter 10: ASSOCIATIVE DEMOCRACY IN THE SWEDISH WELFARE STATE

Chapter 11: STATE CAPTURE OF CIVIL SOCIETYChapter 12: CIVIL SOCIETY AS A DRIVER OF GOVERNANCE INNOVATION; AFTERWORD; AN OUNCE OF ACTION IS WORTH A TON OF THEORY; CONTRIBUTORS; SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

Since the emergence of the dissident "parallel polis" in Eastern Europe, civil society has become a "new superpower," influencing democratic transformations, human rights, and international co-operation; co-designing economic trends, security and defense; reshaping the information society; and generating new ideas on the environment,



health, and the "good life." This volume seeks to compare and reassess the role of civil society in the rich West, the poorer South, and the quickly expanding East in the context of the twenty-first century's challenges. It presents a novel perspective on civic