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.