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Elgar Research Agendas outline the future of research in a given
area. Leading scholars are given the space to explore their subject
in provocative ways, and map out the potential directions of
travel. They are relevant but also visionary. Mapping a wide range
of civil society research perspectives, this pioneering Research
Agenda offers a rich and clear insight for academics and
practitioners hoping to embark on future civil society research.
Kees Biekart and Alan Fowler bring together over 20 expert
contributions from researchers across the globe who are actively
engaged in testing the old and generating new knowledge about civil
society. Beginning with a concise historical review of civil
society research over the last four decades, the book provides a
critical insight into the future of research, taking into account
the domestic outcomes of major geopolitical changes and the
increasing shift towards authoritarian and populist systems of
governance. Exploring the norms and values of civil society, as
well as key topics such as voluntourism, civil society mapping,
democratization, and civic agency, chapters offer a unique overview
of civil society research themes and agendas. Its comprehensive
analysis of canonical civil society research provides a fertile
basis from which novel research can be conducted. A wide audience
of development professionals, including NGO staff, consultants,
evaluators, and public servants, will benefit from the
forward-looking perspectives advanced in this dynamic Research
Agenda. It will also be an essential resource for academics and
researchers in the field.
This open access book contributes to thriving debates in academic
as well as professional circles about the role of civil society in
shrinking civic spaces, rising authoritarianism and right-wing
populism, conflicts, fragile states, and most lately, the global
COVID-19 pandemic. This is one of the first books to address the
implications of changing civic spaces for civil society
organizations worldwide. It offers a unique overview of how social
movements and civil society groups in very different settings are
responding to state-imposed restrictions of basic civic freedoms.
The authors are all experts in the field, and their analyses are
based on original and onsite research. This unique book also
contributes to a better understanding of the conceptualizations and
practices of civil society. It is of keen interest to academic
scholars, students, civil society practitioners, and policy makers
in the field of international development research and civil
society action.
This edited collection examines the globally rising phenomenon of
civic innovation. Combining nuanced theory with rich empirical
examples, this book defines the dynamic and complex process of
civic innovation as the multiple economic, political and social
processes where peoples, organizations, movements and ideas are
shaping struggles for global justice on the interface of
capitalism. Exploring Civic Innovation for Social and Economic
Transformation reflects the increasingly holistic approach to
development in terms of both teaching and research, and illustrates
how civic innovation happens everywhere; at the global and
institutional level as well as in communities and for individuals.
Through conceptual debate and narrative accounts, this book
explores the new practices emerging from varying economies,
transformative empowerment strategies in global value chains, local
politics of social movements and the struggles for rights in
regards to race, gender and sexuality. Bringing together scholars
from a range of disciplines, this book would be of interest to
post-graduate students of development studies, with an interest in
social research.
This open access book presents contributions to decolonize
development studies. It seeks to promote and sustain new forms of
solidarity and conviviality that work towards achieving social
justice.Recognising global poverty and inequalities as historic
injustices, the book addresses how these can be challenged through
teaching, research, and engagement in policy and practice, and the
sorts of political barriers these might encounter. From a variety
of perspectives and contexts, these chapters examine how
decoloniality and solidarity can be developed, offering in-depth
historical, theoretical, epistemological, and empirical analyses.
This open access book presents contributions to decolonize
development studies. It seeks to promote and sustain new forms of
solidarity and conviviality that work towards achieving social
justice.Recognising global poverty and inequalities as historic
injustices, the book addresses how these can be challenged through
teaching, research, and engagement in policy and practice, and the
sorts of political barriers these might encounter. From a variety
of perspectives and contexts, these chapters examine how
decoloniality and solidarity can be developed, offering in-depth
historical, theoretical, epistemological, and empirical analyses.
This open access book contributes to thriving debates in academic
as well as professional circles about the role of civil society in
shrinking civic spaces, rising authoritarianism and right-wing
populism, conflicts, fragile states, and most lately, the global
COVID-19 pandemic. This is one of the first books to address the
implications of changing civic spaces for civil society
organizations worldwide. It offers a unique overview of how social
movements and civil society groups in very different settings are
responding to state-imposed restrictions of basic civic freedoms.
The authors are all experts in the field, and their analyses are
based on original and onsite research. This unique book also
contributes to a better understanding of the conceptualizations and
practices of civil society. It is of keen interest to academic
scholars, students, civil society practitioners, and policy makers
in the field of international development research and civil
society action.
This edited collection examines the globally rising phenomenon of
civic innovation. Combining nuanced theory with rich empirical
examples, this book defines the dynamic and complex process of
civic innovation as the multiple economic, political and social
processes where peoples, organizations, movements and ideas are
shaping struggles for global justice on the interface of
capitalism. Exploring Civic Innovation for Social and Economic
Transformation reflects the increasingly holistic approach to
development in terms of both teaching and research, and illustrates
how civic innovation happens everywhere; at the global and
institutional level as well as in communities and for individuals.
Through conceptual debate and narrative accounts, this book
explores the new practices emerging from varying economies,
transformative empowerment strategies in global value chains, local
politics of social movements and the struggles for rights in
regards to race, gender and sexuality. Bringing together scholars
from a range of disciplines, this book would be of interest to
post-graduate students of development studies, with an interest in
social research.
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