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



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Titolo: Civil society in the age of monitory democracy / / edited by Lars Trägårdh, Nina Witoszek, and Bron Taylor Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: New York : , : Berghahn, , 2013
Edizione: 1st ed.
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (358 p.)
Disciplina: 300
Soggetto topico: Civil society
Civil society - History
Persona (resp. second.): TrägårdhLars
WitoszekNina
TaylorBron Raymond
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
Titolo autorizzato: Civil society in the age of monitory democracy  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-78238-150-3
1-78238-149-X
0-85745-757-8
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910807288303321
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Serie: Studies on Civil Society