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Civil society and its discontents

  • The article departs from the discussion of the Sources of the scholar interest in civil societv and proceeds to the functional expectations about it. It claims that the concept of civil society, as it is frequently used in scientific and political debates, has specific cultural roots, which makcs a trans-cultural analysis difficult or perhaps even impossible. Furthermore, the article addresses three conceptual problems of civil society, namely the issue of what constitutes civil society, its autonomy and impact as well as the challenge of civil society to the state. The central argument of the article is that in order to examine the impact of civil society on governance and democracy, it is recommendable to include three levels of analysis, namely the structure and functions of civil society (including also the possibly negative impact of civil society), the type of state co-existing with civil society as well as the character of the relationship between state and civil society

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Author details:Ireneusz Pawel KarolewskiORCiDGND
URL:http://www.ceeol.com/aspx/publicationdetails.aspx?publicationId=d56055ca-e456-493b-aba2-6b856bba01b1
ISSN:1231-1413
Publication type:Article
Language:English
Year of first publication:2006
Publication year:2006
Release date:2017/03/24
Source:Polish sociological review. - ISSN 1231-1413. - 154 (2006), S. 167 - 185
Organizational units:Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaftliche Fakultät / Sozialwissenschaften
Peer review:Referiert
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