... of policy discourses that came under the programmatic title “From welfare state to welfare society.” It foreshadowed the rich social science literature on “civil society” that began to appear in the 1980s. I would like to conclude my remarks by showing that the idea of the common good does not necessarily...

... culminated in a consultation in Paris that explored key issues with the aim of creating an agenda for future research and action. Participants discussed the most urgent challenges facing this effort; who should participate; the roles that can be played by government, the private sector, civil society...

...Christof Brandtner; Walter W. Powell Introduction to Global Perspectives special collection: The Civic Life of Cities around the World In a wired world, how do social interactions among organizations and people continue to define civil society? Our co-produced approach to studying civil societies...

... from fighting deep fractures that resist simple solutions in a place marked by paradox. 16 2 2022 6 5 2022 civil society community embeddedness trust-building beneficiary engagement advocacy cross-sector collaboration accountability mixed-methods inequality demographic...

..., the problem of methodological nationalism, and what the social sciences mean today. They also talk about the impact of neoliberalism, the state of democracy, and the role of civil society. MK: I think they are the consequence of four decades of neoliberalism. A very harsh free market philosophy was imposed...

... fundamental justice, since they were extensions of people’s acquisitive nature. religion globalization civil society civil religion robert bellah liberal christianity evangelical christianity islam millennials the “nones” I had never been outside the United States at that point in my life...

...Theodore M. Lechterman Keane offers a conception of civil society more nuanced and more attractive than leading contenders. But Keane’s conception also leaves certain questions for reexamination. Keane says little about what role his vision of civil society allows for governments. Many may struggle...

...Didi Kuo What is the transformative potential of civil society in the neoliberal era? This essay responds to John Keane’s “Hopes for Civil Society.” While civil society plays an integral role in democratic transition, its role in countries experiencing democratic backsliding or erosion is less...

...John Keane The “market experience” (Lane 1991, 2000) and other civil society institutions have certain social rules and habits of the heart in common. The market process of producing, buying and selling, and consuming commodities is embedded in a social habitus anchored in the unpaid work...

..., the Philippines, the Czech Republic, and other countries plagued by the new populism… a pseudodemocratic style of politics that harnesses parts of civil society in order to weaken or destroy it outright. Civil society becomes its own enemy.” As the V-Dem project’s latest study on the state of democracy...

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