Open this publication in new window or tab >>2020 (English)In: International Journal of Politics, Culture, and Society, ISSN 0891-4486, E-ISSN 1573-3416, Vol. 33, no 2, p. 125-142Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]
What can we learn about civil society in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) and Russia from studies on activism within the region’s urban spaces? In this article, we argue that studying urban activism in CEE offers useful insights for general theory building about the importance of uneventful protests, the formation of agency and the processes of becoming active in the public sphere (conceptualized here as “political becoming”), and the enabling role of informality in collective action in adverse contexts. By contributing to our understanding in this way, these insights help to advance relational and process-based conceptions of civil society.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Springer, 2020
Keywords
Central and Eastern Europe, Civic activism, Civil society, Post-socialism, Urban movements
National Category
Sociology
Research subject
Baltic and East European studies
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:sh:diva-42570 (URN)10.1007/s10767-019-9320-7 (DOI)000536006500002 ()2-s2.0-85074397305 (Scopus ID)
Funder
Swedish Research Council Formas, 2016-00258_3Swedish Research Council, 421-2010-1706The Foundation for Baltic and East European Studies, A007-2012
2020-12-082020-12-082022-09-30Bibliographically approved