Civil societies and social movements: potentials and problems/
edited by Derrick Purdue
- London: Routledge, 2007.
- 233 p. 23 cm.
1. Introduction: Dimensions of Civil Society Derrick Purdue
Section 1: Civic Organizations between State and Society in Emerging Forms of Governance 2. Civic Organizations and the State in Putin's Russia: Co-operation, Co-optation, Confrontation Suvi Salmenniemi 3. What Happened after the `End of History'? Foreign Aid and Civic Organizations in Ukraine Kateryna Pishchikova 4. Civic Organizations and Local Governance: Learning from the Experience of Community Networks John Diamond
Section 2: Civic Societies and Social Movements from Local to Global: Arenas for Mobilization and Action 5. Social Movement Scenes: Infrastructures of Opposition in Civil Society Sebastian Haunss and Darcy K. Leach 6. Between Horizontal Bridging and Vertical Governance: Pro-Beneficiary Movements in New Labour Britain Manlio Cinalli 7. Networks of Protest on Global Issues in Greece 2002-3 Moses A. Boudourides and Iosif A. Botetzagias 8. Protest and Protesters in Advanced Industrial Democracies. The Case of the 15th February Global Anti-War Demonstrations Joris Verhulst and Stefaan Walgrave
Section 3: Social Capital and Trust within Different Democratic Systems 9. On the Externalities of Social Capital: Between Myth and Reality Luigi Curini 10. Creating Social Capital and Civic Virtue: Historical Legacy and Individualistic Values. What Civil Society in Spain? Rafael Vazquez Garcia 11. Social Capital and Political Trust in New Democracies in Asia: Ingredients of Deliberative Communication and Democratic Governance Ji-Young Kim 12. Creating Social Capital through Deliberative Participation. The Experience of the Argentine Popular Assemblies Julien D. Talpin 13. Conclusion: Civil Society, Social Movements and Social Capital Derrick Purdue