31501
Vertiefungsseminar
Civil Society and Mobilization
Mihai Varga
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The seminar combines theoretical texts on civil society and social movements with examples of collective action in post-communist Europe. In the social sciences, “civil society” is expected to play an important role in strengthening democracies (A. de Toqueville, A. Gramsci) or in limiting the negative effects of markets (M. Castells, K. Polanyi). But research casts a negative light on civil society in the post-communist area: civil society is generally seen as weak, except for the so-called “uncivil” society, mobilizing against the values of liberal democracies. Seeing civil society from the perspective of social movement theories on mobilization, the seminar helps contextualize and explain the rise of the “uncivil” society and the weakness of civil society’s liberal component. Cases to be discussed in class include the NGO sector and the international “democratization industry”, the role of intellectual dissidents, civil society at times of Russia’s war against Ukraine (in Russia and in Ukraine), cultural movements – both conservative (in Poland) and anarchist (Voina, in Russia), far-right movements in Russia and Poland, Otpor in Serbia and its global model for peaceful revolutions, Ukraine’s Euromaidan and its aftermath.
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14 Termine
Regelmäßige Termine der Lehrveranstaltung
Mi, 16.04.2025 10:00 - 12:00
Mi, 23.04.2025 10:00 - 12:00
Mi, 30.04.2025 10:00 - 12:00
Mi, 07.05.2025 10:00 - 12:00
Mi, 14.05.2025 10:00 - 12:00
Mi, 21.05.2025 10:00 - 12:00
Mi, 28.05.2025 10:00 - 12:00
Mi, 04.06.2025 10:00 - 12:00
Mi, 11.06.2025 10:00 - 12:00
Mi, 18.06.2025 10:00 - 12:00
Mi, 25.06.2025 10:00 - 12:00
Mi, 02.07.2025 10:00 - 12:00
Mi, 09.07.2025 10:00 - 12:00
Mi, 16.07.2025 10:00 - 12:00