Building democracy and civil society east of the Elbe : essays in honour of Edmund Mokrzycki / edited by Sven Eliaeson.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Mokrzycki, Edmund.

Eliæson, Sven, 1948-

Series:

Routledge contemporary Russia and Eastern Europe series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Civil society--Europe, Eastern.

Civil society.

Civil society--Europe, Central.

Civil society--Former Soviet republics.

Post-communism.

Central Europe.

Eastern Europe.

Genre:

Festschriften.

Physical Description:

xxiii, 406 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge and The Graduate School for Social Research/The Centre for Social Studies, 2006.

Summary:

This book explores the idea of civil society, and how it is being implemented in eastern Europe. It relates the concept of civil society, and developments in eastern Europe, to wider sociological theories, and makes international comparisons where appropriate. It discusses particular aspects of civil society, and examines the difficulties of establishing civil society. It concludes by assessing the problems and prospects for civil society in eastern Europe going forward.

Contents:

1 Introduction / Sven Eliaeson Eliaeson, Sven 1

Part I Perspectives on civil society 15

2 Civil society: notes on the revival of a concept / Sven Reichardt Reichardt, Sven 17

3 Civil society and its discontents: reflections on the North American experience / Lawrence A. Scaff Scaff, Lawrence A. 29

4 Comments on Reichardt and Scaff / Jiri Musil Musil, Jiri 40

Part II The political sociology of civil society in transitional societies 45

5 Democracy, inequality and state crisis / George Kolankiewicz Kolankiewicz, George 47

6 State-society relations: a comparison of six post-communist countries / Sally N. Cummings Cummings, Sally N., Ole Nørgaard Nørgaard, Ole 61

7 The middle class in transition from communism to capitalist society / Henryk Domanski Domanski, Henryk 87

8 Transforming leviathan in South Eastern Europe: implications for social policy / Nikolai Genov Genov, Nikolai 105

9 Bringing "class" and "interest group" back in: Edmund Mokrzycki on civil society / Sidonia Jedrzejewska Jedrzejewska, Sidonia 119

10 Explaining the transformation from state socialism: revolution, class and elites / David Lane Lane, David 125

11 The climate of globalization: glocalization, civil identity, and theories of difference / Wolfgang Natter Natter, Wolfgang 145

12 Is there an organisational base for civil society in Central Eastern Europe? Social and economic potentials of civil society organisations in CEE after 1989 / Slawomir Nalecz Nalecz, Slawomir, Jerzy Bartkowski Bartkowski, Jerzy 163

13 Weber, Eastern Europe, and civil society / Christopher Adair-Toteff Adair-Toteff, Christopher 196

Part III The perils of transitology: the role of intellectuals 203

14 How to be a sociologist and a humanist: sociology as a vocation in liquid-modern times / Zygmunt Bauman Bauman, Zygmunt 205

15 Hidden actors, overlooked dimensions and blind intellectuals: nine paradoxes that account for institutionally entrenched ignorance / Andrzej Zybertowicz Zybertowicz, Andrzej 226

16 The enchantment of the social / Radoslaw Sojak Sojak, Radoslaw 238

17 Was "real existing socialism" merely a premature form of rule by experts? / Stephen P. Turner Turner, Stephen P. 248

Part IV Comparative perspectives 263

18 Democratic consolidation in third wave democracies / Axel Hadenius Hadenius, Axel 265

19 Building post-communist states: political corruption and strategies of party formation in Estonia and Latvia / Li Bennich-Björkman Bennich-Björkman, Li 288

20 Similarities and differences in the social reality and Sociological analysis of Russia compared with Poland and Hungary / Helmut Steiner Steiner, Helmut 306

21 Third-way politics, sceptical voters, insecure societies / Christopher G. A. Bryant Bryant, Christopher G. A. 325

22 National myths, pro-socialist capitalism, and the old and new mythmakers / Joanna Kurczewska Kurczewska, Joanna 341

23 Civil society: the concept and the European level / Hartmut Kaelble Kaelble, Hartmut 360

Part V Democracy East of the Elbe: problems and prospects 367

24 Institutional modernization: a third stage of Polish transformation / Lena Kolarska-Bobinska Kolarska-Bobinska, Lena 369

25 Threats to democracy: on some Polish paradoxes / Andrzej Rychard Rychard, Andrzej 379

26 Building civil society and democracy East of the Elbe: problems and prospects / Kristian Gerner Gerner, Kristian 382

27 Democracy, memory and forgiving: paradoxes of dealing with the past in post-communist transitional societies - the Polish case / Marek Ziólkowski Ziólkowski, Marek 395.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

041536809X

OCLC:

58985648

Publisher Number:

9780415368094