Civil Society in the Age of Monitory Democracy / / ed. by Lars Trägårdh, Nina Witoszek, Bron Taylor.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Berghahn Books Complete eBook-Package 2000-2013
• MitwirkendeR: Atalay, Zeynep,; Baldwin, Cathy,; Clark, John,; Coulter, Paddy,; Daradeh, Haideh,; Keane, John,; Midttun, Atle,; Miller, James,; Steinberg, David I.,; Stoner-Weiss, Kathryn,; Taylor, Bron,; Toje, Asle,; Trägårdh, Lars,; Witoszek, Nina,
• HerausgeberIn: Taylor, Bron,; Trägårdh, Lars,; Witoszek, Nina,
• Place / Publishing House: New York; , Oxford : : Berghahn Books, , [2013]; ©2013
• Year of Publication: 2013
• Language: English
• Series: Studies on Civil Society ; 7
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (358 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; CONTENTS --; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS --; INTRODUCTION --; Chapter 1 CIVIL SOCIETY IN THE ERA OF MONITORY DEMOCRACY --; Chapter 2 CIVIL SOCIETY IN THE AGE OF CRISIS --; Chapter 3 DIGITAL DEPRIVATION NEW MEDIA, CIVIL SOCIETY, AND SUSTAINABILITY --; Chapter 4 MONITORY VERSUS MANAGED DEMOCRACY DOES CIVIL SOCIETY MATTER IN CONTEMPORARY RUSSIA? --; Chapter 5 MONITORY DEMOCRACY AND ECOLOGICAL CIVILIZATION IN THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA --; Chapter 6 TENUOUS SPACES CIVIL SOCIETY IN BURMA/MYANMAR --; Chapter 7 KENYA’S GREEN BELT MOVEMENT: CONTRIBUTIONS, CONFLICT, CONTRADICTIONS, AND COMPLICATIONS IN A PROMINENT ENVIRONMENTAL NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION (ENGO) --; Chapter 8 A NEW DIRECTION IN TRANSNATIONAL CIVIL SOCIETY: THE POLITICS OF MUSLIM NGO COALITIONS --; Chapter 9 ANTI-TOTALITARIAN FEMINISM? CIVIC RESISTANCE IN IRAN --; Chapter 10 ASSOCIATIVE DEMOCRACY IN THE SWEDISH WELFARE STATE --; Chapter 11 STATE CAPTURE OF CIVIL SOCIETY: EFFECTS OF PATRONAGE IN THE NORWEGIAN AID INDUSTRY --; Chapter 12 CIVIL SOCIETY AS A DRIVER OF GOVERNANCE INNOVATION: A MONTESQUIEU PERSPECTIVE --; AFTERWORD: PREFATORY REMARKS --; CONTRIBUTORS --; SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY --; INDEX
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9780857457578; 9783110998283
• DOI: 10.1515/9780857457578
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: ed. by Lars Trägårdh, Nina Witoszek, Bron Taylor.

Since the emergence of the dissident “parallel polis” in Eastern Europe, civil society has become a “new superpower,” influencing democratic transformations, human rights, and international co-operation; co-designing economic trends, security and defense; reshaping the information society; and generating new ideas on the environment, health, and the “good life.” This volume seeks to compare and reassess the role of civil society in the rich West, the poorer South, and the quickly expanding East in the context of the twenty-first century’s challenges. It presents a novel perspective on civic movements testing John Keane’s notion of “monitory democracy”: an emerging order of public scrutiny and monitoring of power.