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1 online resource (297 pages) |
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3.1.1 Civil Society in Normative Political Theory3.1.2 Civil Society in Policy Research and Policy-making; 3.1.3 Theorizing Civil Society -- Summary; 3.2 Transnational Civil Society; 3.2.1 "Global Civil Society" -- Globalization from Below?; 3.2.2 Global Civil Society -- a Critique; 3.2.3 Analysing Transnationalization of Civil Society; 3.2.4 Transnational Civil Society -- Summary; CHAPTER 4; Theory II: Regionalization of Civil Society; 4.1 "New" Regionalism and Civil Society; 4.1.1 The New Regionalism Approach; 4.1.2 Regionalism Seen Through the Lens of the nra |
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The "Bottom-up" Dimension of ngo Cooperation8.1 Networks and gos -- a Question of Distance; 8.2 Public Visibility and Prestige; 8.3 Expectations Towards gos; 8.4 Bottom-up Cooperation? Concluding Remarks; CHAPTER 9; The "Regionality" Dimension of ngo Cooperation; 9.1 The Networks and the Region; 9.2 A Transnational Space for Civil Society?; 9.3 The Regional Logic of Cooperation; 9.4 Regionality: Concluding Remarks; CHAPTER 10; The "Partnership" Dimension of ngo Cooperation; 10.1 Internal Democracy and Equality; 10.2 Aims of Networking Seen from East and West; 10.3 The Mission |
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Abstract; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; CHAPTER 1; Introduction; 1.1 Background: Regionalism and Civil Society; 1.2 Purpose of the Study; 1.3 The Baltic Sea Region; 1.4 Conceptual Framework; 1.5 Scope and Outline of the Thesis; CHAPTER 2; Methods, Materials and Concepts Used; 2.1 Question of Epistemology; 2.2 Research Design; 2.3 Definitions and Analytical Limitations; 2.4 Materials and Research Techniques; Part I: Theorizing Civil Society Regionalisation; CHAPTER 3; Theory I: Civil Society and its Transnational Dimension; 3.1 Civil Society -- the Concept and its Uses |
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4.1.3 The nra and Regionalization of Civil Society4.2 Regionalization of Civil Society -- an Analytical Framework; 4.2.1 The General Framework; 4.2.2 Inside Regional Civil Society Structures: Three Dimensionsof Cooperation; Part II: The Baltic Sea Region Case; CHAPTER 5; Case Background I: Baltic Sea Area as a New Regionalist Project; 5.1 Constructing the Region; 5.2 Regional Identity; 5.3 The "Bottom-up" Region; 5.4 Along the East-West Frontier; 5.5 The Region-building Discourse -- Concluding Remarks; CHAPTER 6; Case Background II: Civil Society in the Baltic Sea Region |
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6.1 The Domestic Contexts of Civil Society6.1.1 Norden; 6.1.2 Germany; 6.1.3 Poland and the Baltic States; 6.1.4 Russia; 6.1.5 Civil Society Across the Baltic Sea Region; 6.2 Transnational Civil Society Cooperation; 6.2.1 Cross-border Civil Society Networking; 6.2.2 Civil Society and Regional Integration; 6.2.3 Regional Civil Society? The Issues at Stake; CHAPTER 7; Introducing the Empirical Case: the Networks and the Cooperation; 7.1 The Networks; 7.2 Cooperation: the General Patterns; 7.3 Why Network?; 7.4 The Question of Purpose; 7.5 The Networks: Concluding Remarks; CHAPTER 8 |
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Hauptbeschreibung How, and why, does a cross-border regional civil society come into existence? This book sets out to explore the phenomenon of transnationalization and regionalization of civil society through a case study of cross-border NGO cooperation in the Baltic Sea region. The theoretical ambition is to contribute to a greater understanding of the processes behind the formation of a regional civil society, and to propose a conceptual model that would make such understanding easier. At the same time, at the empirical level, the study sheds light on the context-specific factors |
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10.4 The Impact of Financial Arrangements |
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Regionalism -- Baltic States
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Regional planning -- Baltic States
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Regional economics -- Baltic States
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HISTORY -- Europe -- Germany.
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International economic integration
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Regional economics
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Regional planning
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Regionalism
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Baltic States -- Economic integration
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Baltic States
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9783830523482 |
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3830523483 |
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