Resourceful Civil Society : : Navigating the Changing Landscapes of Civil Society Organizations.

• Superior document: Palgrave Studies in Third Sector Research Series
• Author: Kravchenko, Zhanna.
• TeilnehmendeR: Kings, Lisa.; Jezierska, Katarzyna.
• Place / Publishing House: Cham : : Springer International Publishing AG,, 2022.; ©2022.
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Palgrave Studies in Third Sector Research Series
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (374 pages)

Table of Contents

Resourceful Civil Society -- Preface -- Praise for Resourceful Civil Society -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Notes on Contributors -- 1: Introduction -- The Organizational Reality of a Reconfigured Civil Society -- Case Selection: A Shared History of a Strong State -- Resources as a Contrast Medium -- Introducing the Volume -- Part I: Resources as Constraints -- Part II: External Constraints and Facilitators of Resources -- Part III: Organizations and Resources: Intertwined Transformations -- References -- Part I: Resources as Constraints -- 2: Pecunia olet: The Funding Dilemma for Think Tanks in Poland -- Economic Resources and Think Tanks -- Think Tanks in Poland -- Structure of Think Tank Funding -- Funding and Independence -- Conclusions -- References -- 3: Domestic Funding for Civil Society in a Non-Democratic Context: The Example of the Presidential Grants in Russia -- Introduction -- State-Civil Society Relations and Legitimation Discourse in Russia -- Data and Methods -- Results -- Conclusion -- References -- 4: Polish Human Rights Organizations: Resisting Institutional Pressures -- Introduction -- Economic Resources -- Symbolic Resources -- Human Resources -- Social Resources -- Conclusions -- References -- 5: Rural Community Development in Sweden: From Challenging to Mainstream? -- Introduction -- Rural Movements in Europe Defying the Urban Norm -- The Rural Situation and Early Rural Mobilization in Sweden -- The Start of the Village Movement: A Contentious Agenda with Political and Existential Claims -- The Economic Turn in Rural Policies and Politics -- Rural Movements Entrepreneurialized -- The Future of the Rural Movement in Sweden -- References -- Part II: External Constraints and Facilitators of Resources -- 6: From Local to Digital and Back: E-Resourcefulness Among Urban Movements in Poland -- Introduction.

Polish Civil Society -- Urban Challenges at the Roots of Mobilization -- Urban Movement Resources from the Perspective of Social Movement Theory -- E-Resourcefulness-The Role of the Internet in Urban Mobilization -- Conclusions -- References -- 7: Between Autonomy and Compliance: The Organizational Development of Russian Civil Society -- Introduction -- Organizational Theory and Trajectories of Organizational Adaptation -- Political Changes in Russia and Organizational Development in Civil Society -- Organizational Trajectories Before the Law on "Foreign Agents" -- The Impact of the "Foreign Agents" Law on Organizational Development -- Conclusion -- References -- 8: Navigating Contemporary Developments in Swedish Civil Society: The Case of Save the Children Sweden -- Contradictory Ideals in Swedish Civil Society -- Introducing the Case of Save the Children Sweden -- The Reorientation of Save the Children Sweden -- On Equal Terms and Save the Children Welfare, Inc. -- Toward an Avant-Garde Professionalism? -- Conclusions -- References -- 9: Humane Resources? The People Behind Polish Civil Society Organizations -- Overview of Earlier Research -- Dynamics of Changes in Polish Civil Society -- Foreign Aid and the Individualization of Polish Civil Society -- Polish Aid and Donor-Induced Changes in Norms and Practices -- Adverse Practices: The Backlash to the Institutionalization of Polish Civil Society -- Regional Findings, Global Implications -- References -- Part III: Organizations and Resources: Intertwined Transformations -- 10: Doing the Right Things or Doing Things Right? Exploring the Relationship Between Professional Autonomy and Resources in Volunteering -- Autonomy and Resource Dependence for Professionals -- The Empirical Case of Health Care Professionals Volunteering in the 2015 Refugee Crisis -- Theoretical Framework.

Research Design, Data, and Methods -- Comparing Autonomous and Heteronomous Organizational Settings -- Resources and Professional Autonomy in the Autonomous Organizational Setting -- Resources and Professional Autonomy in the Heteronomous Organizational Setting -- Concluding Discussion -- References -- 11: Liberty, Loyalty, and Solidarity: The Role of Transnational, National, and Local Resources in Voluntary Organizations in Russia -- External Resources, Spatial Distribution, and Transformation of Civil Society in Russia -- Volunteering as a Resource, Civic Engagement as Work -- When the Local and Transnational Intertwine -- When the State Steps in -- Concluding Discussion -- References -- 12: Resources Shifting Values: Online and Offline Resources in Swedish Civil Society -- Introduction -- Mobilizing People Offline and Online -- Mobilizing Money Offline and Online -- Offline and Online Political Resources -- Conclusion -- References -- 13: St. Petersburg LGBTQI+ Activists Negotiating Financial and Symbolic Resources -- Resources and Transnational LGBTQI+ Networks: Conceptual Framework -- The Puzzle of Local Legislation, Activism, and Foreign Funding: Creating New Tactics -- Developing Symbolic Resources -- Symbolic Resources Negotiated -- References -- 14: Epilogue: Relational Resource Constellations -- References -- Index.