1st Edition

Activism in Hard Times in Central and Eastern Europe People Power

196 Pages 7 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

196 Pages 7 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

196 Pages 7 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Activism in Hard Times in Central and Eastern Europe  elevates the voices of civic activists from Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) and analyzes a wealth of information to generate new insights into how activism in the region manages to be vibrant, diverse, and consequential. Because of these countries’ unique historical trajectory, CEE activists have, in important ways, leap-frogged their... Read more

Acknowledgments

 

Chapter 1: Introduction to civil society 2.0

Paula M. Pickering and Patrice C. McMahon

 

Chapter 2: Polarization as driver and barrier to civic activism

Dorota Pietrzyk-Reeves and Lisa McIntosh Sundstrom

 

Chapter 3: Democratic innovations as a response to shrinking public space

Paulina Pospieszna and Dorota Pietrzyk-Reeves

 

Chapter 4: Conflict and collaboration in generational divides

Lisa McIntosh Sundstrom and Patrice C. McMahon

 

Chapter 5: The lure of digital activism

Patrice C. McMahon, Lisa McIntosh Sundstrom, Darko Brkan, and Alena Popova

 

Chapter 6: Everyday environmentalism

Laura A. Henry, Samir Lemeš, and Paula M. Pickering

 

Chapter 7: Crises: COVID-19 and Russia’s war on Ukraine

Ella Rossman, Valerie Sperling, and Paula M. Pickering

 

Chapter 8: From the margins to central stage: Insights and lessons

Paula M. Pickering, Patrice C. McMahon, and Dorota Pietrzyk-Reeves

 

Biography

Patrice C. McMahon is Director of the University Honors Program and Professor of Political Science at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA.

Paula M. Pickering is Richard S. Perles Professor of Government and Faculty Affiliate of the Global Research Institute at William & Mary, USA.

Dorota Pietrzyk-Reeves is Professor of Political Philosophy at the Institute of Political Science and International Relations at the Jagiellonian University in Krakow, Poland.