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Knowledge and Civil Society.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Glückler, Johannes.
Other Authors: Meyer, Heinz-Dieter., Suarsana, Laura.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing AG, 2021.
Edition:1st ed.
Series:Knowledge and Space Series
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Table of Contents:
  • Knowledge and Civil Society
  • Acknowledgements
  • Contents
  • Contributors
  • Chapter 1: The Place of Civil Society in the Creation of Knowledge
  • Knowledge and Civil Society
  • Looking for Civil Society in Unexpected Places
  • The Book's Structure
  • Conclusion
  • References
  • Part I: (Re-)Thinking Civil Society
  • Chapter 2: The Dialectic of Civil and Uncivil Society-Fragility, Fault Lines, and Countervailing Forces
  • Fragility: The Civil and Uncivil Society
  • The Inherent Fragility of the Civil Society
  • The Liberal Account
  • Alexis de Tocqueville
  • The post-1989 revival
  • Democratic Despotism
  • Individualism and untamed markets
  • Inequality and tyranny
  • Summary: Associative and Dissociative Effects in the Civil Society
  • The structural and normative dimension of the civil society
  • The Need for Countervailing Moral Forces
  • The Tocqueville-Kahan Thesis
  • Böckenförde and Habermas
  • Conservative and Liberal Readings of the "Dictum"
  • Arresting the Slide to Incivility: Recovering the Politics of the Mean
  • References
  • Chapter 3: Civil Society as an Agent of Change
  • The Domain of Civil Society
  • The Unique Contribution
  • The Trust Issue
  • The Iconic Turn
  • References
  • Chapter 4: Undone Science and Smart Cities: Civil Society Perspectives on Risk and Emerging Technologies
  • Background Concepts
  • Grassroots Anti-Smart-Meter Mobilizations
  • Privacy Organizations
  • EMF Risk Organizations
  • Conclusions
  • References
  • Part II: Analyzing Civil Society Organizations
  • Chapter 5: Specialists for Crumble Cakes? The German LandFrauen Organizations in Social Innovation, and as Educational, Social, and Political Institutions
  • Social Innovation as a Research Perspective
  • New Solutions for Society, Unfolding in Practices
  • Social Innovation as Embedded and Contextualized Phenomenon.
  • The LandFrauen Organizations in German Civil Society and as Object of Research
  • Method and Research Questions: Analysis of the LandFrauen's Role in Social Change and Innovation
  • Findings: LandFrauen Organizations and Practices in Societal Change and Social Innovation
  • Diversity, Geography, and Local Contextualization of the LandFrauen Organizations and Activities
  • Community-Building, Togetherness, and Local Social Embeddedness as a Ground for Further Activities
  • Local Engagement, and Functions as Initiators, Catalysts, or Multipliers in Rural Areas
  • LandFrauen as Institutional Frame and Social Spaces for Learning, Education, and Knowledge Diffusion in Rural Areas
  • Central and de-central coordinated education activities
  • Addressing contemporary societal challenges
  • Preservation, dissemination, and recombination of "traditional" knowledge
  • Learning and exchange among the diverse base of members and reaching different societal groups as a source for societal change
  • Exchange and diffusion of ideas across regions and throughout the associational structure
  • Advocacy work, Interest Representation, and Setting Public and Political Agenda
  • Mobilization and Empowerment for Politics, Associational Work, and Entrepreneurial Activities
  • Discussion: LandFrauen as a Case Example for the Promotion of Social Change Through Civil Society-Practices and Prerequisites
  • Practices-The LandFrauen's Role in Social Innovation
  • Prerequisites-What Facilitates LandFrauen Practices Towards Social Innovation?
  • Conclusion
  • References
  • Chapter 6: Schools of Democracy? Giving Circles and the Civic and Political Participation of Collaborative Philanthropists
  • Voluntary Associations, the Changing Environment and Giving Circles
  • Methodology
  • Surveys
  • Interviews
  • Findings
  • Giving
  • Volunteering.
  • Participation in Efforts to Address Problems in the Community
  • Involvement in Efforts to Change Government Policy
  • Civic and Political Activities
  • Discussion and Conclusions
  • References
  • Chapter 7: Time Banks as Transient Civic Organizations? Exploring the Dynamics of Decline
  • Relational Thinking and Social Networks
  • A Network Perspective on Time Banks
  • An Urban Time Bank in Southern Germany
  • A Longitudinal Network Analysis
  • Evolution and Demise of the TBSG Network
  • Conclusion
  • References
  • Part III: Spaces, Networks and Fields
  • Chapter 8: Civil Society as Networks of Issues and Associations: The Case of Food
  • Civil Society: Aggregative Versus Relational Perspectives
  • Exploring Civil Society in British and South African Cities
  • The Structure of Issue Networks: Insights into the Discursive Space Produced by Civil Society
  • The Structure of Alliance Networks: Insights into the Associational Space Produced by Civil Society
  • Conclusions
  • Appendix
  • References
  • Chapter 9: The Geography of Giving in the Philanthropic Field
  • The Philanthropic Field
  • Case Study: Data and Methods
  • Study Region
  • Identification of Field Actors
  • Measure of Field Activity: Donations
  • Field Composition: Who are the Actors?
  • Field Activity: What are the Practices of Giving?
  • Field connectivity: How Does Giving Create a Network of Cooperation?
  • Field Geography: How Does Geography Shape Philanthropy?
  • Conclusion: Strategizing the Philanthropic Field?
  • References
  • Chapter 10: Global Authenticity, Local Authority: Epistemic Power, Discursive Geographies, and the Creation of Civil Society Knowledge Networks
  • Introduction
  • Creating Authority out of Expert Knowledge
  • Expert Expats in Bishkek
  • Creating Local Experts: Language, Education, and Training Trips in Kyrgyzstan.
  • Bottom-Up Expertise: Experts Designated by the Local in Kenya
  • Rhetorics of Local Knowledge and the Claim to Authenticity
  • Aspirations towards Local Knowledge at the Aga Khan Foundation
  • Authenticity and Indigenous Knowledge: Funding Choices at the Christensen Fund
  • Transcending the Categories: Blurring the Lines between Global Authority and Local Authenticity
  • Hassan Shano at Conferences: Crossing the Lines
  • TCF and MSDSP Staff: Local or Expert?
  • Holding Typologies of Knowledge in Tension: AKF's View of Climate-Change Adaptation and TCF's Involvement in Programming
  • Conclusion
  • References
  • Part IV: Doing Civil Society
  • Chapter 11: Democracy Movement and Alternative Knowledge in Hong Kong
  • Introduction: Trial and Alternative Knowledge
  • Production and Dissemination of Knowledge in Social Movement
  • Agenda Setting and Alternative Interpretations of the Constitution
  • Formation of a Policy Proposal and Internal Split of the Movement
  • Discussion
  • Prologue
  • References
  • Chapter 12: Epistemic Activism in the United States: Examining Meetings Across the Silos of Civil Society
  • The Challenge of Conceptualizing Civil Society's Radical Multiplicity
  • Bringing Civil Society into Epistemic and Relational Focus
  • From Participation to Epistemics
  • Knowledge Practices Within Social Theory
  • Meetings as Site and Lens
  • Case 1: Demonstrating Epistemic Unity in a U.S. Reform Coalition
  • CLI: A Civic Reform Coalition
  • The Meeting
  • What the Meeting Made
  • Case 2: Place-Based Movements and the Epistemic Politics of Listening
  • Meetings to Mobilize Listening
  • Listening Leads and Mobilizes New Agendas
  • Conclusion
  • References
  • Chapter 13: Seeding a New World: Lessons from the FeesMustFall Movement for the Advancement of Social Justice
  • Social Mobilization
  • Violence as Strategy
  • Framing Social Justice Outcomes.
  • Mass Organization and Structural Considerations
  • Maintaining the Ethics of the Movement
  • Lessons for Advancing Social Justice
  • References
  • Chapter 14: Civility, Education, and the Embodied Mind-Three Approaches
  • The Embodied Mind: A Confluence of Traditions
  • The Embodied Mind (I): Inner Cultivation. Integrating Hot and Cold Cognition
  • The Embodied Mind (II): Self-Regulation in Accord with Wisdom: Sophrosyne
  • Reason Does Not Guarantee Right Conduct
  • The Embodied Mind (III): Mindfulness
  • Summary: Educating the Heart-Mind
  • Educating the Heart-Mind Mind for Embodied Civility-A Basis for a New Global Dialogue?
  • References
  • The Klaus Tschira Foundation
  • Index.

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