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...
seeks to compare and reassess the role of civil society in the rich West, the poorer South, and East in the context of the twenty-first century’s challenges
addresses political activism and the state and nature of contemporary democracy in various different contexts
presents a novel perspective on civic movements testing John Keane’s notion of "monitory democracy"
