Civil Society in Southeast Europe

Erscheinungsjahr 2004
ISBN: 978-90-420-0939-4
Verlag: Brill | Rodopi

Buch, Englisch, Band 151, 177 Seiten, Format (B × H): 150 mm x 220 mm, Gewicht: 372 g

Reihe: Value Inquiry Book Series / Post-Communist European Thought

Since the fall of communism in 1989 Southeast Europe has been a site of far-reaching societal transformation, much of it marked by political crisis, economic upheaval, ethnic tension, and bitter war. The book comprises articles investigating the history and development of civil society in post-communist Southeast Europe. How is "civil society" to be grasped, what are the historical factors shaping the civil societies of the region?, what is the function of civil society in the transition to democracy and a market-economy?, and what are the prospects for the future development of the civil societies of the region in an age of globalization?, –these are just a few of the major questions addressed in this collection of articles. Many of the authors are social scientists, philosophers, and activists from the region, offering first-hand critical analysis of the state of civil society in Southeast Europe and suggesting theoretical and practical strategies for the future course of its development. The aim is to provide the reader with insight into the complex challenges that face the civil societies of the region.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Weitere Mitwirkende

Gordon, Dane R.

Durst, David C.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Europäische Länder
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Globalisierung
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Globalisierung, Transformationsprozesse

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Editorial Foreword by Dane R. Gordon
Editors’ Introduction
Acknowledgments
ONE Georgi FOTEV: Civil Society Against Balkanization
TWO Dane R. GORDON, Ann HOWARD: Ethics and the Environment in Eastern Europe
THREE Scott BROPHY, Charles TEMPLE, Kurtis MEREDITH: Can Civic Virtue be Taught?
FOUR Edward F. McCLENNEN: Organizations, Institutions, and Reform
FIVE Ugo VLAISAVLJEVIC: The War Constitution of Small Nations of the Balkans, or “Who Is to be Reconciled in Bosnia and Herzegovina?”
SIX Agon DEMJAHA, Lulzim PECI: The Development of Civil Society in Kosovo After the “Kosovo Conflict”
SEVEN Obrad SAVIC: Concepts of Civil Society in Former Yugoslavia
EIGHT Zagorka GOLUBOVIC: Traditionalism and Authoritarianism as Obstacles to the Development of Civil Society in Serbia
NINE Silvano BOLCIC: Interests and Civil Action in Serbia in the Nineties
TEN Vojislav STANOVCIC: Civil Society and Rule of the Law in Multi-Ethnic Communities
ELEVEN Aleksandar BOSKOVIC: Tolerance and Alterity in Southeastern Europe
TWELVE Maria DIMITROVA: The Intellectual and Society
THIRTEEN Alexander GUNGOV: Wonderland in Southeast Europe: Civil Society in Bulgaria Emerging from a Crisis
FOURTEEN Assen I. DIMITROV: Values and Stability During a Period of Social Polarization
FIFTEEN David C. DURST: Civil Society in Bulgaria: Prospects for Reconciliation
About the Editors and Contributors
Index

Über Autor(innen)

David C. Durst is Associate Professor of Philosophy in the Arts & Humanities Division at the American University in Bulgaria. He is author of a study of Hegel and Schiller under the title Die politische Okonomie der Sittlichkeit bei Hegel und der ästhetischen Kultur bei Schiller. Eine Studie zur politschen Vernunft (1993). Recent publications include journal articles in The Germanic Review, Heidegger Studies, Continental Philosophy Review, Contemporary Political Theory, and Res Public, and review-essays in Political Theory and Philosophische Rundschau. His forthcoming monograph is entitled Weimar Modernism. Philosophy, Politics and Culture in Germany 1918–1933. His research focuses primarily on nineteenth and twentieth-century continental aesthetic and political thought.

Dane R. Gordon, born in London, England, served in the Royal Navy during World War II, graduated from the universities of Cambridge, London, and the University of Rochester, Rochester, New York, and is currently Emeritus Professor of Philosophy in the College of Liberal Arts, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, New York. He is editor of the VIBS Special Series, Post Communist European Thought, including this volume and Philosophy in Post Communist Europe (1998) and Criticism and Defense of Rationality in Contemporary Philosophy (with Josef Niznik, 1998). Other publications include Thinking and Reading in Philosophy of Religion (1994), The Old Testament in its Historical, Cultural, and Religious Context (1985/1994), Philosophy and Vision (1998), and Epicurus: His Continuing Influence and Contemporary Relevance (with David Suits, 2003). He is a Presbyterian minister with the Presbytery of Genesee Valley, New York.