The market, the state and the third sector have all been heralded as central agents in civilizing modern societies. It has been claimed that participation in voluntary associations enables people to learn civic skills and, in effect, to become more "civilized". Likewise, there are claims about the civilizing effects of doux commerce, the ability of trade and commerce to mitigate conflicts and convert them into peaceful competition. And according to many political and legal theories, democratic states and their institutions are the final bulwark of civil virtues. However, the voluntary sector can be a source of particularism; the market of exploitation; the state of oppression.
This book, which brings together authors from across Europe, argues that such sector perspectives should be left aside and examines how the civicness and civility of organisations and individuals can be identified and encouraged in any institutional setting. Crossing traditional spheres and disciplines, we explore the concept of "civicness" to search for the source of our modern civil society.
The publication is a result of the European Network of Excellence CINEFOGO (Civil society and New Forms of Governance).
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Bibliographische Angaben
Auflage
1/2010
Copyrightjahr
2010
ISBN-Print
978-3-8329-5420-8
ISBN-Online
978-3-8452-2240-0
Verlag
Nomos, Baden-Baden
Reihe
International Civil Society
Band
6
Sprache
Englisch
Seiten
290
Produkttyp
Sammelband
Inhaltsverzeichnis
KapitelSeiten
Titelei/Inhaltsverzeichnis Kein Zugriff Seiten 2 - 8
Civicness in the governance and delivery of social services Kein Zugriff Seiten 9 - 18
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Civicness: from civil society to civic services? Kein Zugriff Seiten 19 - 40
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Civicness, civility and their meanings for social services Kein Zugriff Seiten 41 - 66
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Civicness in organizations: a reflection on the relationship between professionals and managers Kein Zugriff Seiten 67 - 82
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Civicness and citizen participation in social services: conditions for promoting respect and public concern Kein Zugriff Seiten 83 - 98
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Civicness and the co-production of social services in Sweden Kein Zugriff Seiten 99 - 112
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Introducing civicness in steering and managing social services. Cases from long-term care Kein Zugriff Seiten 113 - 124
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Organization matters: contracting for service provision and civicness Kein Zugriff Seiten 125 - 152
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Civicness and service governance: the case of the Belgian quasi-market in the field of proximity services Kein Zugriff Seiten 153 - 180
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Civicness and ownership. Volunteer Centers between state and civil society Kein Zugriff Seiten 181 - 200
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In search of civicness: an empirical investigation of service delivery, public advocacy, and community building by civil society organizations Kein Zugriff Seiten 201 - 226
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Researching civicness contexts and conditions: the case of the Portuguese welfare mix in social services Kein Zugriff Seiten 227 - 248
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Between market and civic governance regimes: civicness in the governance of social services in Europe Kein Zugriff Seiten 249 - 272
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Civicness and the paradoxes of contemporary governance Kein Zugriff Seiten 273 - 284
