Post-Soviet Civil Society: Democratization in Russia and the Baltic States

ISBN-13: 9780415368049 / Angielski / Twarda / 2005 / 224 str.

Anders Uhlin

Opis

Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada.

Spis treści

1: Introduction  Previous Research on Post-Soviet Civil Society  The Research Problem  Research Design  Outline of the Book  2: Democratization and Civil Society: A Framework for Analysis  Democracy and Democratization  Civil Society  Civil Society and Democracy  Conclusion  3: Civil Society and the Fall of Communist Rule  Civil Society before and under Communism?  The Emergence of Civil Society in Russia under Gorbachev  Independence Movements in the Baltic Republics  The Establishment of Civil Society Groups in the USSR: Further Empirical Indicators  Conclusion  4: Actors and Activities in Post-Soviet Civil Society   The "NGOization" of Civil Society in Post-Communist Russia and the Baltic States  Civil Society Sectors  Civil Society Activists  Resource Mobilization  Civil Society Activities  Civil Society in Three Russian Regions  Conclusion   5: Civil Society, the State, and Other Arenas: Conflict,Cooperation, and Unclear Boundaries  Civil Society and the State in Russia  Political Opportunities and Political Influence   State-Civil Society Relations in Three Russian Regions  Civil Society and Political Society  Civil Society and Economic Society  Conclusion  6: The Transnationalization of Local Civil Society  Transnational Funding  Transnational Networking  Conclusion  7: Civil Society and Democratization: A Multilevel Analysis  The Development of Post-Soviet Civil Society  Qualitative and Quantitative Indicators of Democracy  Civil Society and Democratization  Three Models of Civil Society and Democracy  Conclusion

O autorze

Anders Uhlin is associate professor of political science at Lund University, Sweden. His main fields of research are democratization, civil society and transnational relations. Previous publications include Indonesia and the ‘Third Wave of Democratisation’ (1997) and Transnational Activism in Asia (2004) (co-edited with Nicola Piper).