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This volume analyses civil society as an important factor in the European refugee regime. Based on empirical research, the chapters explore different aspects, structures and forms of civil society engagement during and after 2015. Various institutional, collective and individual activities are examined in order to better understand the related processes of refugees' movements, reception and integration. Several chapters also explore the historical development of the relationship between a range of actors involved in solidarity movements and care relationships with refugees across different member states. Through the combined analysis of macro-level state and European policies, meso-level organization's activities and micro-level individual behaviour, Refugee Protection and Civil Society in Europe presents a comprehensive exploration of the refugee regime in motion, and will be of interest to scholars and students researching migration, social movements, European institutions and social work.--

Welche Relevanz die Beziehung zwischen öffentlicher Verwaltung, den Bürgern und organisierter Zivilgesellschaft (in Form von Vereinen und Verbänden) im Politikprozess hat, wird besonders auf lokaler Ebene deutlich. Die lokalen Politikgestalter gelten als Wegbereiter für gesellschaftlichen Wandel, Verwaltungsreformen werden hier zuerst implementiert. Es ist die lokale Ebene, die regelmäßig und konsequent soziale und demokratische Innovationen einfordert. Der Sammelband zielt darauf ab, von einer transnationalen Perspektive die unterschiedlichen nationalen Muster dieser besonderen Akteursbeziehung zu reflektieren und aktuelle lokale Debatten, lokale Muster der Kooperation und Politikansätze (Verfahren, Strategien) zu analysieren.Das Buch gliedert sich in zwei Hauptteile: Der erste Teil umfasst die theoretische Konzeption der Beziehung zwischen öffentlicher Verwaltung, Zivilgesellschaft und lokaler Demokratie. Zudem wird der Innovationsbegriff, der diesem Sammelband zugrunde liegt, eingeführt. Methodologische Überlegungen zur Messbarkeit von Innovationen bzw. Innovationsfähigkeit im Kontext öffentlicher Verwaltung bildet die Brücke zum empirischen Teil des Buches. Der zweite Teil stellt Innovationen in lokalen Politikfeldern vor, darunter Stadtplanung, Wohnungsmarkt, Kinderbetreuung.Mit Beiträgen von: Patrick Boadu, Matthias Freise, Danielle Gluns, Janine Tratzki, Katharina Obuch, Friedrich Paulsen, Kai Pfundheller, Christian Rentzsch, Lars Skov Henriksen, Steven Rathgeb Smith, Andrea Walter, Annette Zimmer

Utilizing a wide range of empirical cases, the contributions in this volume highlight the different aspects of the role, development, and societal background of civil society in Central and Eastern Europe. The first part of the book deals with dissent under socialism. The second part of the book looks at the role of civil society in the Western Balkans in the context of the breakup of the former Yugoslavia and the related ethnic conflicts. The third part examines the role of civil society in the post-Soviet region, which is marked by authoritarian tendencies. The fourth part returns to Central Eastern Europe with an analysis of the impact of EU accession on the role of civil society and considers the underlying aspects of a 'common European memory'. The final section of the book looks at two cases -- one from Central Eastern Europe, one from the CIS region -- of political participation and lobbying by civil society organizations

El artículo examina la situación general de la Sociedad Civil en Turquía desde el punto de vista legislativo así como la capacidad de acción dentro del sistema.

Medical Sociology is the among the largest and first subdisciplines in Sociology. It is an area of ongoing work, advancing theory, method and our substantive understanding of social life. This series brings together the newest issues and most current concerns in Medical Sociology, in an ongoing collection of edited volumes. Each volume is edited by a medical sociologist with a particular expertise, bringing together contributions from sociologists working in different settings and nations, exploring one particular advance in Medical Sociology.

In the modern American city, who determines environmental policy? Cities have undergone fundamental change in both their economies and populations. In terms of political forces, our expectation is that across a range of cities, where nonprofit environmental groups have been included or incorporated into the local policymaking process, there is greater commitment to environmental protection, and more extensive adoption and implementation of local policies and programs designed to protect the environment. To test this idea, we draw on our own research that combines two original data sets. First, we have collected information on what programs and policies are in place in America's large cities. Second, for 50 large American cities, we have also surveyed top city administrators. We find that inclusion of environmental groups in city policymaking is strongly linked to city administrators' perceptions of city commitment to environmental protection. The number of local environmental protection policies and programs also demonstrates a strong relationship to inclusion of environmental groups in city policymaking.

THIS PAPER SUGGESTS THAT THE IDEA OF INTERNATIONAL CIVIL SOCIETY BEARS BOTH ANALYTICAL AND NORMATIVE PROMISES FOR INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS. IT OPENS WITH A DISCUSSION OF THE ATTRIBUTES OF CIVIL SOCIETY AND THE CENTRAL ROLE OF SOCIAL MOVEMENTS IN ITS GENESIS AND DEVELOPMENT. IT THEN EXPLORES THE INTERNATIONAL DIMENSIONS OF CIVIL SOCIETY, HIGHLIGHTING THE LIMITATIONS OF A DOMESTICALLY-BOUND APPROACH TO THE IDEA OF CIVIL SOCIETY. SOME OF THE NORMATIVE IMPLICATIONS OF A REVISED UNDERSTANDING OF INTERNATIONAL CIVIL SOCIETY ARE PUT FORWARD.

The paper analyses the most fundamental aspects of civil society development in Kosovo and its impact in the overall democracy development. Author aims to develop after presenting a short history of development of this important sector, to develop a discussion from the praxis perspectives, to combine the discussion from the practice in the field, explaining how the sector evolved in post war Kosovo, which were the phases of its development and the role the donors played in its creation. This will be done by using combined methodology: method of systemic analysis, method of historical analysis, method of comparison, method of legal analysis, etc. Finally, paper will come out with the conclusions and the recommendations that are expected to be useful for both academia and the civil society sector.

The study is devoted to the current problems of studying civil society by means of culturology. The processes of formation of civil society as a culturological category are highlighted; its place and role in social development, as well as various interpretations of this sociocultural phenomenon, are considered. A fairly unambiguous understanding of the prerequisites of citizenship in the context of political culture and the culture of social interaction is proposed. The main problem situations that hinder the development of the civic activity of the population and their overcoming using the possibilities of state cultural policy are highlighted. A significant place in the study is devoted to the potential of civil society as a sociocultural mechanism of the relationship between the state and society, the institutional reality of the "systemic world" and the culture of everyday life, formed mainly in the space of the "lifeworld".The morphology of civil society as a specific social formation and its cultural potential, which is associated mainly with the implementation of axiological components in social and civic activity in modern society, are analyzed. It also compares the understanding of the civil society in Western countries and the Russian experience of civil life. Further prospects for the study of civil society are outlined in the direction of searching for a synthesis of Russian and foreign experience in the formation and development of civil culture.