Introduction: A new look at social movements and civil society in postcommunist Russia and Poland

SAXONBERG, Steven and Kerstin JACOBSSON. Introduction: A new look at social movements and civil society in postcommunist Russia and Poland. East European Politics. UK, 2012, 28/2012, No 4, p. 329-331. ISSN 2159-9165.

Basic information

• Original name: Introduction: A new look at social movements and civil society in postcommunist Russia and Poland
• Authors: SAXONBERG, Steven (752 Sweden, guarantor, belonging to the institution) and Kerstin JACOBSSON (752 Sweden).
• Edition: East European Politics, UK, 2012, 2159-9165.

Other information

• Original language: English
• Type of outcome: Article in a journal
• Field of Study: 50601 Political science
• Country of publisher: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
• Confidentiality degree: is not subject to a state or trade secret
• RIV identification code: RIV/00216224:14230/12:00058211
• Organization unit: Faculty of Social Studies
• Keywords in English: social movements NGO post-communism
• Tags: International impact, Reviewed

Abstract

More than two decades since the revolutions of 1989 and the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, the development of social movements and civil society activism in post-communist countries remains a matter of considerable scholarly debate. Whilst earlier research tended to emphasise low levels of protest events and the weak and non-participatory nature of post-communist civil society in general, more recent research has begun to re-evaluate this picture by illustrating the extent to which movement actors develop particular repertoires of action and contention, which are more appropriate for the opportunity structures available within these still young post-communist democracies

Links

• GAP404/10/1586, research and development project: Name: Volba rodičů ohledně péče o děti v České a Slovenské republice

Investor: Czech Science Foundation