Civil societies and social movements : potentials and problems / edited by Derrick Purdue.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction : Dimensions of civil society / Derrick Purdue -- Civic organizations and the state in Putin's Russia : co-operation, co-optation, confrontation / Suvi Salmenniemi -- What happened after the 'end of history'? : foreign aid and civic organizations in Ukraine / Kateryna Pishchikova -- Civic organisations and local governance : learning from the experience of community networks / John Diamond -- Social movement scenes : infrastructures of opposition in civil society / Sebastian Haunss and Darcy K. Leach -- Between horizontal bridging and vertical governance : pro-beneficiary movements in New Labour Britain / Manlio Cinalli -- Networks of protest on global issues in Greece, 2002-2003 / Moses A. Boudourides and Iosif A. Botetzagias -- Protest and protesters in advanced industrial democracies : the case of the 15 February global anti-war demonstrations / Joris Verhulst and Stefaan Walgrave -- On the externalities of social capital : between myth and reality / Luigi Curini -- Creating social capital and civic virtue : historical legacy and individualistic values : what civil society in Spain? / Rafael Vázquez García -- Social capital and political trust in new democracies in Asia : ingredients of deliberative communication and democratic governance / Ji-Young Kim -- Creating social capital through deliberative participation : the experience of the Argentine popular assemblies / Julien D. Talpin -- Conclusion : Civil society, governance, social movements and social capital / Derrick Purdue.

This volume examines and contributes to debates surrounding social capital, social movements and the role of civil society in emerging forms of governance. The authors adopt a broad range of research approaches, from testing hypotheses drawn from rationale choice theory against available statistics on associations, to ethnographic study of emerging attempts at participant / deliberative democracy. Divided into three clear sections, focusing on the following core aspects of civil society: {u2022} the position of civic organizations between state and society in emerging forms of governance {u2022} the geographical scales of social movement mobilizations and actions from the local to the global {u2022} the patterns of public trust and civic engagement that falls under the rubric of social capital. The book draws on case studies from a wide range of countries, including: Russia, Ukraine, Britain, Greece, Spain, Germany, Argentina and new Asian democracies. Presenting current research on the key dimensions of civil society, Civil Societies and Social Movements will appeal to those researching and studying in the fields of political science, sociology and social policy.