Wolfgang Mazal / Bettina Rausch
Civil Society Today
Principles and Political Potential
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Reviewed by: Sandra Pasarić, WMCES (Brussels, Belgium) & Christian Moser-Sollmann, PA (Vienna, Austria)
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© 2021 Verlag noir, Vienna
Verlag noir, 1120 Wien, Tivoligasse 73
Editor: Christian Moser-Sollmann, Felix Ofner, Roman Schachenhofer, Lorenz Jahn
Art Direction: B. Könighofer
Translation: Robert McInnes
ISBN: 979-3-9504939-3-1
Table of Contents
I. Fundamentals and theory of the civil society
Simon Varga
The Civil Society and the Bourgeoisie
Ernst Bruckmüller
Fundamental Principles of the Civil Society Which Trends Do We Need to Protect Ourselves Against?
Werner J. Patzelt
The Phenomenology of the Civil Society
Manfred Prisching
The Civil Society – A (neo-?) Liberal Project
Alexander Bogner
Michael Borchard
The Civil Society between the Poles of Security and Freedom
Peter Kampits
Benjamin Hasselhorn
Participation, Codetermination, Moralisation: How Social Movements Have Changed
The Sensitive “I” Thoughts on an Insecure Society Between Digitalisation and Hyper-Individualisation
Johannes Domsich
The State and the Civil Society – or the Citizen Society? Casting a Glance at Light and Shade
Till Kinzel
A Community of Free and Responsible People
Bettina Rausch
Julia Juen / Verena Ringler
II. Civil virtues – case studies
Civil Society: Key Activities of the Political Academy
Michael Borchard / Ulrike Ackermann / Andreas Jankor
The “New Civil Society”: A State that Gives its Citizens Space to Breathe
Werner J. Patzelt / Günther Lutschinger
Verena Ringler / Magdalena J. Schneider
Ruth Williams / Christoph Robinson
Justus Reichl
Social Entrepreneurship: Attempt at a Classification within the Civil Society
Elisabeth Mayerhofer