Postsocialist Transformations and Civil Society in a Globalizing World

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Pub. Date: 2005-12-01
Publisher(s): Nova Science Pub Inc
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Table of Contents

Curricula xi
Introduction xvii
Acknowledgments xix
Part 1. Civil Societies - An Emerging Reality? 1(74)
Civil Society - The International Context and the Case of Slovakia
3(30)
Martin Butora
Introduction
3(2)
Threads in the Fabric of a Democratic Society
5(1)
Background and Reasons for the Boom
6(1)
A Sector with Many Names
7(3)
The Structure of the Third Sector in the World
10(2)
The Mission and Functions of Voluntary Organizations and the Third Sector
12(3)
The Struggle for Sustainable Democracy
15(1)
I Vote, Therefore I Am: Slovakia's NGOs in 1998 Parliamentary Elections
16(8)
Problems and Hazards of the Third Sector
24(2)
On the Road to a Global Civil Society?
26(7)
Summary
29(1)
Notes
30(3)
Civil Society and the State: Russia through a Latin American Lens
33(24)
Tatiana Vorozheikina
Introduction
33(3)
Democratization and its Effects on the State and Society
36(5)
Between Civil and Uncivil Society
41(7)
Looking Backward: Chile or Mexico as the Future of Russia'?
48(9)
Summary
51(1)
Notes
52(5)
The Shaping of Civil Society in Poland: The Trends and an Outlook
57(18)
Piotr Glinski
A Preliminary Remark on the Concept of Civil Society
57(1)
Development of the Civil Society in Poland
58(3)
Internal Diversity and the Scope of Independence of the Third Sector in Poland
61(1)
The Maturation of the Polish Third Sector
62(2)
The Participating Civil Society
64(2)
Some Civil Values in Polish Society
66(9)
References
70(2)
Summary
72(1)
Notes
73(2)
Part 2. Postsocialist Transformations and the Diversity of Developments 75(68)
Global Processes and Transformation in Eastern Europe - An Empirical Comparison
77(30)
Jakob Juchler
Introduction
77(2)
Economic Developments
79(13)
Political Developments
92(9)
Conclusions
101(6)
References
102(2)
Summary
104(1)
Notes
104(3)
Path Dependence or Quality of Choice? Comparing National Transformations
107(18)
Nikolay Genov
The Problem
107(2)
Transformation: The Conceptual Framework
109(3)
Similarities and Contrasts in Path Dependence and Quality of Decisions
112(5)
Handling the Risk of Unemployment
117(3)
Conclusions
120(5)
References
121(2)
Summary
123(1)
Notes
123(2)
Defying the World: Globalization and Nationalist Party Politics in Russia
125(18)
Grigorii V. Golosov
Iulia Shevchenko
Introduction
125(2)
The Intellectual Backgrounds of Anti-Globalism
127(1)
Anti-Globalism as a Cognitive Device
128(4)
Anti-Globalism as a Political Linkage
132(3)
Anti-Globalism in Russia's Electoral Politics
135(3)
Conclusion
138(5)
References
139(2)
Summary
141(1)
Notes
142(1)
Part 3. Central or Regional? The Question of Regions and Identity 143(2)
The Regional Diversity and the Transnational Integration in Eastern Europe
145(1)
Nada Svob-Dokic
States and Federations - Some Historical Experiences
145(2)
The Emergence of the New States in Europe
147(1)
The Transition Process and the Global System
148(1)
Globalism and Regionalism
149(2)
The New States in the Regional Frameworks
151(3)
Conclusions
154(1)
Summary
155(1)
Notes
156

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