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Civil Society

Social Work and Society, 2007
Civil Society can be defined in three different ways. Firstly, the classical debate from Aristotle to Montesquieu (and Tocqueville) understood civil society in a republican sense as the political space of the citizens (the citoyen in the polis ...
Fabian Kessl
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Transnational social capital: the socio‐spatialities of civil society [PDF]

, 2020
Civil society remains a contested concept, but one that is widely embedded in global development processes. Transnationalism within civil society scholarship is often described dichotomously, either through hierarchical dependency relations or as a more ...
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Democratic Innovations in Ukraine as a Factor Influencing Changes in the Methodology for Studying Civil Society Finance [PDF]

Problemi Ekonomiki, 2019
The aim of the article is to investigate the influence of introducing democratic innovations in Ukraine on changes in the methodology for studying civil society finance.
Tkachuk Iryna Ya.
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Civil Society Elites: A Research Agenda

Politics and Governance, 2020
This editorial introduces the thematic issue on ‘civil society elites,’ a topic that has been neglected in elite research as well as civil society studies.
Håkan Johansson, Anders Uhlin
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Civil Society and Peace

Nation State, 2022
South Sudan is one of the countries that has been hit by internal conflict since its independence in 2011. This article basically describes the involvement of civil society in peace negotiations in South Sudan.
Wahyu Rozzaqi Ginanjar
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General perceptions of civil society [PDF]

Zbornik Radova Filozofskog Fakulteta u Prištini, 2022
The first idea of civil society was encountered in the ancient Greek philosopher, Aristotle. He defined a state as a community of citizens voluntarily united for the sake of a happy life. The first interpretation of the dualism of the political community
Osmanlić Iljaz A.
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Measuring and Comparing Civil Societies

Cosmopolitan Civil Societies: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2009
In most countries (Australia is an exception) the term ‘civil society’ is widely used by social researchers, activists and government officials. However its analytical value is limited by its great variety of meanings. The article proposes that if ‘civil
Mark Lyons
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Civil Society, Everyday Life and the Possibilities for Development Studies [PDF]

, 2015
Civil society is one of the most contentious terms in political thought. There is considerable, and highly significant, difference between academic debate about the meaning of ‘civil society’ and the way the term is mobilized in international development
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From Exclusion to Co-Optation: Political Opportunity Structures and Civil Society Responses in De-Democratising Hungary

Politics and Governance, 2023
While it is well-known that democratic backsliding imposes a variety of challenges on civil society organisations, it is often assumed that it represses civil society.
Márton Gerő, Anna Fejős, Szabina Kerényi, Dorottya Szikra   +3 more
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In the balance? Civil society and the peace process 2002-2008 [PDF]

, 2010
As Sri Lanka slid back towards open hostilities in 2006, existing patterns of civil society engagement in peace negotiations came under widespread criticism on the grounds that they had failed to broaden participation and that they had largely excluded ...
Saravanamuttu, Pakiasothy, Walton, Oliver   +1 more
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