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Record Nr.

UNINA9910792670403321

Titolo

25 years after : mapping civil society in the Visegrád countries / / Christian Schreier (ed.)

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Stuttgart, Germany : , : Lucius et Lucius, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

3-11-050261-5

3-11-050938-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (224 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Maecenata Schriften ; ; Band 11

Classificazione

MS 4410

Disciplina

300

Soggetti

Civil society

Civil society - Hungary - History

Civil society - Czech Republic - History

Europe, Eastern Social conditions 1989-

Europe, Eastern Politics and government 1989-

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Foreword -- The '25-Years After' Research Project / Schreier, Christian -- Civil Society in Hungary / Szabô, Mâté / Márkus, Eszter -- Civil Society in Slovakia / Strecansky, Boris -- Civil Society in Poland / Domaradzka, Anna -- Civil Society in the Czech Republic / Pospíšil, Miroslav / Navrátil, Jiří / Pejcal, Jakub -- Civil Society in the Visegrád Four / Schreier, Christian -- Backmatter

Sommario/riassunto

In 1989 and 1990 citizens' movements in Poland, Hungary and Czechoslovakia were decisive in overturning the political order in Central and Eastern Europe. Arguably, this was one of civil society's finest hours. 25 years later, governments all over Europe would like to see civil society confined to service provision under government regulation, while some researchers tend to believe civil society can only exist in a democratic society. Against this backdrop, one may well ask what has become of civil society in Central Europe 25 years after 1989. Committed researchers from the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, and Slovakia (now known as the Visegrád countries) joined the research team of the Maecenata Institute for Philanthropy and Civil Society,



Berlin, in conducting the research project '25-Years After. Mapping Civil Society in the Visegrád Countries', a comparative analysis of organised Civil Society, in 2014/2015. This publication contains detailed surveys of the four countries as well as a comparative chapter.