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The Time of the Tribes: The Decline of Individualism in Mass Society
In this provocative book, Michel Maffesoli explores the persistence and the centrality of an affective, solidary space of sociality that emerges from the small-group contexts of everyday life … with fruitful questions for those studying civil society, community or “new … Continue reading
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The Civic Web: Young People, the Internet, and Civic Participation
There has been widespread concern in contemporary Western societies about declining engagement in civic life; people are less inclined to vote, to join political parties, to campaign for social causes, or to trust political processes. Young people in particular are … Continue reading
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Civil society – A multi-layered concept
The author analyses the connections between social developments and the evolution of the theory of civil society (CS) (classical background, semantic shifts, re-emergence and open questions regarding future research). He distinguishes four layers of meanings of CS but focuses on … Continue reading
Tribes, Institutions, Markets, Networks – A framework about Societal Evolution
What forms account for the organization of societies? How have people organized their societies across the ages? The answer may be reduced to four basic forms of organization: the kinship-based tribe, as denoted by the structure of extended families, clans, … Continue reading
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Alter-Globalization as a Social Movement
Read Alter-globalization as a social movement is seen as a worthy cause because its goals aim to sustain those being afflicted by the selfish acts of global corporations and their negative effect on human value, the environment, and social justices. … Continue reading
Real democracy – Greece
Read We are ordinary people. We are like you: people, who get up every morning to study, work or find a job, people who have family and friends. People, who work hard every day to provide a better future for … Continue reading
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In Greece, we see democracy in action
The public debates of the outraged in Athens are the closest we have come to democratic practice in recent European history. Thousands of people come together daily in Syntagma to discuss the next steps. The parallels with the classical Athenian … Continue reading
Crise: déficit maior é de democracia, não de ajuste fiscal
Read A dimensão sistêmica da crise não é um atributo apenas da esfera econômica, mas argui a capacidade da esquerda de intervir para mudar o rumo da engrenagem em pane, em vez de se comportar apenas como um dente constitutivo … Continue reading
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A crise da “sociedade de mercado”
Read A ficção da “sociedade de mercado” autorregulada que desmorona agora na Grécia, na Espanha e em outros países europeus, é resultado de um processo que vem de vários anos. Talvez suas primeiras manifestações tenham surgido nas periferias do sistema … Continue reading
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Civilian capacity in the aftermath of conflict
Read As communities emerge from conflict, they often face a critical shortage of capacities needed to secure a sustainable peace — the core capacities to run a government, to re-establish institutions of justice, to reintegrate demobilizing fighters, to revitalize the … Continue reading
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