Civil Society Elites - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Civil Society Elites write by Håkan Johansson. This book was released on 2024-01-11. Civil Society Elites available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This open access book introduces a groundbreaking concept - civil society elites - and serves as an essential resource for scholars, researchers and students interested in the complexities of power and influence within contemporary civil societies. Through a series of unique empirical studies, the authors offer a comprehensive examination of the individuals occupying the upper echelons of influential civil society organisations and movements. By delving into the factors that propel individuals into key positions and examining the connections between civil society leaders within and across sectors, the book offers insight into the mechanisms that shape access to powerful positions in civil societies. As a reflection of current debates on elites and populism, the book furthermore explores the expression and conceptualisation of counter-elite positions and criticism of civil society elites. With its original approach, the book serves as a catalyst for further research into inequalities, power structures and elites within civil societies.
Civil Society Elites
Civil Society Elites - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Civil Society Elites write by Astrid Norén-Nilsson. This book was released on 2023. Civil Society Elites available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This innovative volume is the first systematic study of civil society elites in Southeast Asia (and indeed anywhere in the world). Spanning two previously separate areas of research - civil society and elites - it sheds new light on power inequalities within and beyond civil society, identifies different types of elite formation and elite interaction within and beyond civil society, and traces interactions and integration with elite groups from party politics, the state, and the business sector. This tightly edited volume, produced by a research team ranging from senior scholars to promising younger academics, analyses how such processes are influenced by reliance on foreign funding and explores how they play out in two settings - where the political space for civil society is generally shrinking (Cambodia) and where it is relatively expanding (Indonesia). However, the volume offers more than a rethinking of civil society in Cambodia and Indonesia; it looks beyond. It thus challenges a view of civil society entities as relatively isolated from the state and from political and economic society, revealing power relations that link them. Suggesting a new direction for civil society research, the book will be of great interest to the many researchers working on civil society, elites and contemporary Southeast Asian politics as well as those engaged in other areas of society in Cambodia and Indonesia. Policymakers, donors and not least civil society activists themselves will find the volume highly relevant to their work.
Intelligence Elites and Public Accountability
Intelligence Elites and Public Accountability - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Intelligence Elites and Public Accountability write by Vian Bakir. This book was released on 2018-04-17. Intelligence Elites and Public Accountability available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This book provides a definitive overview of the relationships of influence between civil society and intelligence elites. The secrecy surrounding intelligence means that publication of intelligence is highly restricted, barring occasional whistle-blowing and sanitised official leaks. These characteristics mean that intelligence, if publicised, can be highly manipulated by intelligence elites, while civil society’s ability to assess and verify claims is compromised by absence of independent evidence. There are few studies on the relationship between civil society and intelligence elites, which makes it hard to form robust assessments or practical recommendations regarding public oversight of intelligence elites. Addressing that lacuna, this book analyses two case studies of global political significance. The intelligence practices they focus on (contemporary mass surveillance and Bush-era torture-intelligence policies) have been presented as vital in fighting the ‘Global War on Terror’, enmeshing governments of scores of nation-states, while challenging internationally established human rights to privacy and to freedom from torture and enforced disappearance. The book aims to synthesise what is known on relationships of influence between civil society and intelligence elites. It moves away from disciplinary silos, to make original recommendations for how a variety of academic disciplines most likely to study the relationship between civil society and intelligence elites (international relations, history, journalism and media) could productively cross-fertilise. Finally, it aims to create a practical benchmark to enable civil society to better hold intelligence elites publicly accountable. This book will be of great interest to students of intelligence studies, surveillance, media, journalism, civil society, democracy and IR in general.
Civil Society Elites: A Research Agenda
Civil Society Elites: A Research Agenda - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Civil Society Elites: A Research Agenda write by Håkan Johansson. This book was released on 2020. Civil Society Elites: A Research Agenda available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Abstract: This editorial introduces the thematic issue on 'civil society elites', a topic that has been neglected in elite research as well as civil society studies. It elaborates on the concept of 'civil society elites' and explains why this is an important emerging research field. By highlighting different methodological approaches and key findings in the contributions to the thematic issue, this article aims at formulating an agenda for future research in this field
Dynamics of Democratization
Dynamics of Democratization - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Dynamics of Democratization write by Graeme Gill. This book was released on 2017-03-14. Dynamics of Democratization available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The author assesses the main theories developed to account for and explain why and how authoritarian regimes give way to democratic ones. The book takes issue with the predominantly élite-centred focus of much of the literature, and illustrates how an understanding of democratization can be gained only if the role of civil society is taken into account.
