Civic Sector and Organizational Identity. Formation of Civic Identities after 1989

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Authors

MARADA Radim

Year of publication 2008
Type Article in Periodical
Magazine / Source Polish Sociological Review
MU Faculty or unit

Faculty of Social Studies

Citation
Field Sociology, demography
Keywords civil society; civic sector; organizational identity; generations; reflexivity; social systems; discoursive codes; cultural representations
Description The article provides an analysis of the re-formation of the civic sphere and civil society in the post-communist environment. Focusing on the widespread tendency to equate civil society with the organized public involvement through non-profit and non-governmental organizations, it points to tensions and conflicts that such equation brings about. It is inspired by an extensive research project, yet it also all draws on two distinct theoretical perspectives in particular. Luhmann s and Alexander s conceptual schemes serve here to account for the relations between various components of the formation of civic identities after 1989: the specific historical situation and the modern concept of responsible citizenship, the organizational form of civic associations and symbolic representation of civil society, concrete relationships or organizational practices and the identity of the civic sector.
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