Civil Society in Southeast EuropeDane R. Gordon, David C. Durst Rodopi, 2004 - 177 páginas Since the fall of communism in 1989 Southeast Europe has been a site of far-reaching societal transformation, much of it marked by political crisis, economic upheaval, ethnic tension, and bitter war. The book comprises articles investigating the history and development of civil society in post-communist Southeast Europe. How is civil society to be grasped, what are the historical factors shaping the civil societies of the region?, what is the function of civil society in the transition to democracy and a market-economy?, and what are the prospects for the future development of the civil societies of the region in an age of globalization?, -these are just a few of the major questions addressed in this collection of articles. Many of the authors are social scientists, philosophers, and activists from the region, offering first-hand critical analysis of the state of civil society in Southeast Europe and suggesting theoretical and practical strategies for the future course of its development. The aim is to provide the reader with insight into the complex challenges that face the civil societies of the region. |
Contenido
| 11 | |
A Goal Worth Working | 20 |
THREE | 37 |
RWCT in Southeastern Europe | 43 |
Edward F McClennen | 49 |
Gradually Emerging Conventions versus Deliberately | 56 |
Concepts of Civil Society in Former Yugoslavia | 75 |
Traditionalism and Authoritarianism as Obstacles to | 83 |
Are There Elements of Alternative Society in Serbia? | 108 |
ELEVEN | 127 |
TWELVE The Intellectual and Society | 135 |
FOURTEEN Values and Stability During a Period of Social | 147 |
Prospects for Reconciliation | 153 |
41 | 167 |
About the Editors and Contributors | 169 |
Index | 175 |
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Página xiii - Ernest Gellner, Civil Society is that set of diverse non-governmental institutions which is strong enough to counter-balance the state, and while not preventing the state from fulfilling the role of keeper of the peace and arbitrator between major interests, can nevertheless prevent
Página 140 - are separated from the state, enjoy autonomy in relation to the state and are formed voluntarily by members of society to protect or extend their interests or values.
Página 59 - Robert D. Putnam, Making Democracy Work: Civic Traditions in Modern Italy (Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1993). 14.
Página 28 - ridicule, and reaffirm its denied validity. We must honour with the humility of the wise the bounds of that natural world and the mystery which lies beyond them, admitting that
Página 140 - the tutelage of state power, (2) In a stronger sense, civil society exists where society as a whole can structure itself and coordinate its actions through such free associations; (3) As an alternative or supplement to the second sense, we can speak of civil society wherever the ensemble of associations can significantly determine or inflect the course of state policy.
Página 139 - we never see people pulling down all the houses of a city for the sole purpose of rebuilding them in a different style to make the streets more attractive.
Página 140 - (3) As an alternative or supplement to the second sense, we can speak of civil society wherever the ensemble of associations can significantly determine or inflect the course of state policy.
Página 156 - The highest task which nature has set for mankind must be that of establishing a society in which freedom under external laws would be combined to the greatest
Página 124 - Ernest Gellner, Nations and Nationalism (Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1983); Eric Hobsbawm, Nations and Nationalism Since 1780, (Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press, 1990);
Página 59 - Francis Fukuyama, Trust: The Social Virtues and the Creation of Prosperity (New York: The Free Press, 1995).