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Title Uncivil society? : contentious politics in post-communist Europe / edited by Petr Kopecký and Cas Mudde
Published London ; New York : Routledge, 2003

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Description 1 online resource (xviii, 188 pages)
Series Routledge studies in extremism and democracy. Routledge research in extremism and democracy ; 1
Routledge studies in extremism and democracy. Routledge research in extremism and democracy ; 1.
Contents 1. Civil society, uncivil society and contentious politics in post-communist Europe / Petr Kopecký -- 2. The other civil society in Serbia : non-governmental nationalism : the case of the Serbian resistance movement / Florian Bieber -- 3. The uncivility of a civil society : skinhead youth in Hungary / László Krti -- 4. The Slovak national movement : a case of successful contention / Darina Malová -- 5. Contentious politics in Croatia : the war veterans' movement / Sharon Fisher -- 6. State, society and protest under post-communism : Ukrainian miners and their defeat / Vlad Mykhnenko -- 7. Samoobrona : the Polish self-defence movement / Ania Krok-Paszkowska -- 8. Civil society in the Czech Republic : 'Impulse 99' and 'Thank you, time to go' / Vladimíra Dvo Áková -- 9. Civil society in post-communist Europe : lessons from the 'dark side' / Cas Mudde
Summary This volume makes a significant contribution to the debate about the development of post-communist civil society by focusing on its alleged 'dark side', i.e., on the groups that are excluded from 'civil society' on both conceptual and normative grounds. The chapters, written by specialists in the field, explore in rich empirical detail the complexities involved when such groups - like the skinheads in Hungary, the farmers' 'Self Defence' movement in Poland or the war-veterans in Croatia - challenge the state, engage in community activism, or get involved in protest actions. It also offers a
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Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 171-185) and index
Notes English
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Subject Civil society -- Europe, Eastern
Social movements -- Europe, Eastern
Radicalism -- Europe, Eastern
Post-communism -- Europe, Eastern
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Essays.
Civil society
Politics and government
Post-communism
Radicalism
Social movements
SUBJECT Europe, Eastern -- Politics and government -- 1989- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh90000580
Subject Eastern Europe
Form Electronic book
Author Kopecký, Petr
Mudde, Cas
ISBN 0203988787
9780203988787
9780415265850
0415265851
9786610174652
6610174652
1134502281
9781134502288