TY - BOOK ID - 135507502 TI - Civil society in the age of monitory democracy AU - Trägårdh, Lars AU - Witoszek, Nina AU - Taylor, Bron Raymond PY - 2013 SN - 1782381503 178238149X 0857457578 PB - New York : Berghahn, DB - UniCat KW - Civil society. KW - Civil society KW - History. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:135507502 AB - Since the emergence of the dissident "parallel polis" in Eastern Europe, civil society has become a "new superpower," influencing democratic transformations, human rights, and international co-operation; co-designing economic trends, security and defense; reshaping the information society; and generating new ideas on the environment, health, and the "good life." This volume seeks to compare and reassess the role of civil society in the rich West, the poorer South, and the quickly expanding East in the context of the twenty-first century's challenges. It presents a novel perspective on civic ER -