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Jacobsson, K. & Korolczuk, E. (2020). Mobilizing Grassroots in the City: Lessons for Civil Society Research in Central and Eastern Europe. International Journal of Politics, Culture, and Society, 33(2), 125-142
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Mobilizing Grassroots in the City: Lessons for Civil Society Research in Central and Eastern Europe
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
Available from: 2020-12-08 Created: 2020-12-08 Last updated: 2022-09-30Bibliographically approved
Jacobsson, K. & Korolczuk, E. (Eds.). (2017). Civil society revisited: lessons from Poland. New York: Berghahn Books
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Civil society revisited: lessons from Poland
2017 (English)Collection (editor) (Other academic)
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
New York: Berghahn Books, 2017. p. 339
Series
Studies on civil society ; 9
Keywords
Sociology, Political Economy
National Category
Sociology
Research subject
Baltic and East European studies
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:sh:diva-33556 (URN)2-s2.0-85028322383 (Scopus ID)978-1-78533-551-8 (ISBN)978-1-78533-552-5 (ISBN)
Available from: 2017-10-05 Created: 2017-10-05 Last updated: 2018-07-20Bibliographically approved
Jacobsson, K. & Korolczuk, E. (2017). Conclusion: Empirical and theoretical lessons from the volume. In: Kerstin Jacobsson and Elzbieta Korolczuk (Ed.), Civil society revisited: lessons from Poland (pp. 314-324). New York: Berghahn Books
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Conclusion: Empirical and theoretical lessons from the volume
2017 (English)In: Civil society revisited: lessons from Poland / [ed] Kerstin Jacobsson and Elzbieta Korolczuk, New York: Berghahn Books, 2017, p. 314-324Chapter in book (Other academic)
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
New York: Berghahn Books, 2017
Series
Studies on civil society ; 9
Keywords
civil society, social activism, social movements, Poland, postsocialist region
National Category
Sociology
Research subject
Baltic and East European studies
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:sh:diva-33797 (URN)2-s2.0-85049425151 (Scopus ID)1476/42/2011 (Local ID)978-1-78533-551-8 (ISBN)978-1-78533-552-5 (ISBN)1476/42/2011 (Archive number)1476/42/2011 (OAI)
Projects
Institutional Constraints and Creative Solutions: Civil Society in Poland in Comparative Perspective / Institutionella begränsningar och kreativa lösningar: Civilsamhället i Polen i jämförande perspektiv
Funder
Swedish Research Council, 2010-01706-VR
Available from: 2017-12-05 Created: 2017-12-05 Last updated: 2018-07-20Bibliographically approved
Jacobsson, K. & Korolczuk, E. (2017). Introduction: Rethinking Polish Civil Society. In: Kerstin Jacobsson and Elzbieta Korolczuk (Ed.), Civil society revisited: lessons from Poland (pp. 1-35). New York: Berghahn Books
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Introduction: Rethinking Polish Civil Society
2017 (English)In: Civil society revisited: lessons from Poland / [ed] Kerstin Jacobsson and Elzbieta Korolczuk, New York: Berghahn Books, 2017, p. 1-35Chapter in book (Other academic)
Abstract [en]

The text argues that a re-assessment of the post-socialist civil societies in general and Polish civil society in particular is called for on both empirical and theoretical grounds. For the purpose of such re-thinking, the authors address critically the way in which civil society has been conceptualized in the post-socialist context, with special focus on Poland; and, secondly, discuss the limitations of the common indicators used to assess the strength and character of the civil societies in the region. It is argued that there are forms of collective action that have tended to escape observers’ lenses for theoretical, methodological as well as normative and ideological reasons. Consequently, the authors calls attention to the exclusionary practices entailed in the “making up” of civil societies in the region, revealing how the concept of civil society as commonly applied in political discourses as well as empirical research in fact excludes many forms of social activism.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
New York: Berghahn Books, 2017
Series
Studies on civil society ; 9
Keywords
civil society, social activism, social movements, Poland, postsocialist region
National Category
Sociology
Research subject
Baltic and East European studies
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:sh:diva-33793 (URN)2-s2.0-85049423080 (Scopus ID)1476/42/2011 (Local ID)978-1-78533-551-8 (ISBN)978-1-78533-552-5 (ISBN)1476/42/2011 (Archive number)1476/42/2011 (OAI)
Projects
Institutional Constraints and Creative Solutions: Civil Society in Poland in Comparative Perspective / Institutionella begränsningar och kreativa lösningar: Civilsamhället i Polen i jämförande perspektiv
Funder
Swedish Research Council, 2010-01706-VR
Available from: 2017-12-05 Created: 2017-12-05 Last updated: 2018-07-20Bibliographically approved
Jacobsson, K. & Lindblom, J. (2016). Animal Rights Activism: A Moral-Sociological Perspective on Social Movements (1ed.). Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Animal Rights Activism: A Moral-Sociological Perspective on Social Movements
2016 (English)Book (Refereed)
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press, 2016. p. 150 Edition: 1
Series
Protest and Social Movements
National Category
Sociology
Research subject
Politics, Economy and the Organization of Society; Baltic and East European studies
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:sh:diva-31437 (URN)1751/42/2008 (Local ID)9789089647641 (ISBN)1751/42/2008 (Archive number)1751/42/2008 (OAI)
Funder
Swedish Research Council, 421-2007-8782The Foundation for Baltic and East European Studies, A006-2008
Available from: 2016-12-19 Created: 2016-12-19 Last updated: 2021-04-16Bibliographically approved
Karlberg, E. & Jacobsson, K. (2015). A Meta-organizational Perspective on the Europeanization of Civil Society: The Case of the Swedish Women's Lobby. VOLUNTAS - International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations, 26(4), 1438-1459
Open this publication in new window or tab >>A Meta-organizational Perspective on the Europeanization of Civil Society: The Case of the Swedish Women's Lobby
2015 (English)In: VOLUNTAS - International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations, ISSN 0957-8765, E-ISSN 1573-7888, Vol. 26, no 4, p. 1438-1459Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

As a consequence of European integration and the EU's expanded social policy, more citizens' interests are today organized at EU level. In the case of the women's movement, there is an umbrella organization-the European Women's Lobby (EWL)-in place in Brussels coordinating national women's movements. The EWL demands from its members that they be nationwide and representative umbrellas, which has structuring effects on the women's movements at domestic level. This article proposes to study the Europeanization of civil society through the lens of meta-organization theory (Ahrne & Brunsson 2008). Europeanization can thus be understood as a process which imposes meta-organizational structures on civil society. Through a case study of the Swedish Women's Lobby, this article analyses the consequences for the women's movement in Sweden of the meta-organizational structure brought into being by Europeanization.

Keywords
Civil society, Europeanization, Inter-organizational relations, Meta-organizations, Swedish Women's Lobby
National Category
Sociology Political Science
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:sh:diva-24372 (URN)10.1007/s11266-014-9463-0 (DOI)000358422400020 ()2-s2.0-84938291517 (Scopus ID)
Projects
Beyond the welfare state: Europeanization of Swedish civil society organizations
Funder
Swedish Research Council, 2010-1678
Available from: 2014-08-20 Created: 2014-08-18 Last updated: 2021-11-02Bibliographically approved
Jacobsson, K. & Sörbom, A. (2015). After a Cycle of Contention: Post-Gothenburg Strategies of Left-Libertarian Activists in Sweden. Social Movement Studies, 14(6), 713-732
Open this publication in new window or tab >>After a Cycle of Contention: Post-Gothenburg Strategies of Left-Libertarian Activists in Sweden
2015 (English)In: Social Movement Studies, ISSN 1474-2837, E-ISSN 1474-2829, Vol. 14, no 6, p. 713-732Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

This article considers the strategic choices that radical activists face when a cycle of contention ends. It investigates the re-orientation of the autonomous anarchists or left-libertarian activist milieu in Sweden after the riots at the Gothenburg summit in 2001, which ended a cycle of anti-globalization protests in Sweden. The article identifies five strategies by which this activist milieu attempted to reconstruct collective agency, build a new alliance structure and renew the repertoire of contention: 1) rescaling and targeting of micro-politics; 2) moving from secluded to open communities; 3) rethinking collective agency with the help of a new movement theory; 4) reversing dominant discourses and opening up discursive space; and 5) redefining militancy and shelving of violent confrontation. The study builds on activist interviews and ethnographic research in Stockholm and Malmö.

Keywords
Autonomous, activists, cycle of contention, left-libertarian, militancy, Tarrow
National Category
Sociology (excluding Social Work, Social Psychology and Social Anthropology)
Research subject
Politics, Economy and the Organization of Society
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:sh:diva-26780 (URN)10.1080/14742837.2015.1027763 (DOI)000367015900005 ()2-s2.0-84927739714 (Scopus ID)
Projects
Från apati till aktivism: Medborgerliga identiteter och reaktioner på det politiska
Funder
Swedish Research Council, 421-2007-8782
Available from: 2015-04-01 Created: 2015-04-01 Last updated: 2019-10-25Bibliographically approved
Jacobsson, K. (2015). Conclusion: Towards a New research Agenda. In: Kerstin Jacobsson (Ed.), Urban Grassroots Movements in Central and Eastern Europe: (pp. 273-288). Farnham: Ashgate
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Conclusion: Towards a New research Agenda
2015 (English)In: Urban Grassroots Movements in Central and Eastern Europe / [ed] Kerstin Jacobsson, Farnham: Ashgate, 2015, p. 273-288Chapter in book (Refereed)
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Farnham: Ashgate, 2015
Keywords
Urban movements, Civil society, Post-Communism
National Category
Social Sciences
Research subject
Politics, Economy and the Organization of Society; Baltic and East European studies
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:sh:diva-28148 (URN)753/42/2012 (Local ID)978-1-4724-3446-3 (ISBN)753/42/2012 (Archive number)753/42/2012 (OAI)
Projects
Institutionella begränsningar och kreativa lösningar: Civilsamhället i Polen i jämförande perspektiv
Funder
Swedish Research Council, 421-2010-1706The Foundation for Baltic and East European Studies, A007-2012
Available from: 2015-08-31 Created: 2015-08-31 Last updated: 2021-02-19Bibliographically approved
Aidukaite, J. & Jacobsson, K. (2015). Europeanisation and Urban Movements: Political Opportunities of Community Organizations in Lithuania. In: Kerstin Jacobsson (Ed.), Urban Grassroots Movements in Central and Eastern Europe: (pp. 247-272). Farnham: Ashgate
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Europeanisation and Urban Movements: Political Opportunities of Community Organizations in Lithuania
2015 (English)In: Urban Grassroots Movements in Central and Eastern Europe / [ed] Kerstin Jacobsson, Farnham: Ashgate, 2015, p. 247-272Chapter in book (Refereed)
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Farnham: Ashgate, 2015
National Category
Sociology
Research subject
Politics, Economy and the Organization of Society; Baltic and East European studies
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:sh:diva-28145 (URN)753/42/2012 (Local ID)978-1-4724-3446-3 (ISBN)753/42/2012 (Archive number)753/42/2012 (OAI)
Funder
The Foundation for Baltic and East European Studies, A007-2012
Available from: 2015-08-31 Created: 2015-08-31 Last updated: 2021-02-19Bibliographically approved
Jacobsson, K. (2015). Introduction: The Development of Urban Movements in Central and Eastern Europe. In: Kerstin Jacobsson (Ed.), Urban Grassroots Movements in Central and Eastern Europe: (pp. 1-32). Farnham: Ashgate
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Introduction: The Development of Urban Movements in Central and Eastern Europe
2015 (English)In: Urban Grassroots Movements in Central and Eastern Europe / [ed] Kerstin Jacobsson, Farnham: Ashgate, 2015, p. 1-32Chapter in book (Refereed)
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Farnham: Ashgate, 2015
Keywords
Urban movements, civil society, post-communism
National Category
Sociology
Research subject
Politics, Economy and the Organization of Society; Baltic and East European studies
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:sh:diva-28147 (URN)753/42/2012 (Local ID)978-1-4724-3446-3 (ISBN)753/42/2012 (Archive number)753/42/2012 (OAI)
Projects
Institutionella begränsningar och kreativa lösningar: Civilsamhället i Polen i jämförande perspektiv
Funder
The Foundation for Baltic and East European Studies, A007-2012Swedish Research Council, 421-2010-1706
Available from: 2015-08-31 Created: 2015-08-31 Last updated: 2021-02-19Bibliographically approved
Projects
National mobilization strategies and transnational networking: Social movements in East and West. [A006-2008_OSS]; Södertörn University; Publications
Jacobsson, K. & Lindblom, J. (2016). Animal Rights Activism: A Moral-Sociological Perspective on Social Movements (1ed.). Amsterdam: Amsterdam University PressJacobsson, K. & Saxonberg, S. (Eds.). (2015). Social Movements in Post-Communist Europe and Russia. London: RoutledgeLindblom, J. & Jacobsson, K. (2014). A deviance perspective on social movements: The case of animal rights activism. Deviant behavior, 35(2), 133-151Korolczuk, E. (2014). Promoting civil society in contemporary Poland: Gendered results of institutional changes. VOLUNTAS - International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations, 25(4), 949-967Hryciuk, R. E. & Korolczuk, E. (2013). At the intersection of gender and class: social mobilization around mothers’ rights in Poland. In: Kerstin Jacobsson and Steven Saxonberg (Ed.), Beyond NGO‐ization?: The Development of Social Movements in Central and Eastern Europe (pp. 49-70). Farnham: AshgateJacobsson, K. (2013). Channeling and enrollment: The institutional shaping of animal rights activism in Poland. In: Jacobsson Kerstin & Saxonberg Steven (Ed.), Beyond NGO-ization: The Development of Social Movements in Central and Eastern Europe (pp. 27-48). Farnham: AshgateKorolczuk, E. (2013). Gendered boundaries between the state, family and civil society: the case of Poland after 1989. In: J. Nautz, P. Ginsborg and T. Nijhuis (Ed.), The Golden Chain: Family, Civil Society and the State (pp. 240-258). New York: Berghahn BooksSörbom, A. & Wennerhag, M. (2013). Individualization, Life Politics, and the Reformulation of Social Critique: an Analysis of the Global Justice Movement. Critical Sociology, 39(3), 453-478Jacobsson, K. (2012). Fragmentation of the collective action space: The animal rights movement in Poland. East European Politics, 28(4), 353-370Korolczuk, E. (2011). Kłopot z NGOizacją: Debata na temat społeczeństwa obywatelskiego w Polsce / The Problem with NGO-ization. The Debate on Civil Society in Poland. Polityka Społeczna, 5-6, 37-43
Urban Social Movements in the Post-Soviet Context: Opportunity Structures and Local Activism in Moscow and Vilnius [A007-2012_OSS]; Södertörn University; Publications
Jacobsson, K. & Korolczuk, E. (2020). Mobilizing Grassroots in the City: Lessons for Civil Society Research in Central and Eastern Europe. International Journal of Politics, Culture, and Society, 33(2), 125-142Jacobsson, K. (2015). Conclusion: Towards a New research Agenda. In: Kerstin Jacobsson (Ed.), Urban Grassroots Movements in Central and Eastern Europe: (pp. 273-288). Farnham: AshgateAidukaite, J. & Jacobsson, K. (2015). Europeanisation and Urban Movements: Political Opportunities of Community Organizations in Lithuania. In: Kerstin Jacobsson (Ed.), Urban Grassroots Movements in Central and Eastern Europe: (pp. 247-272). Farnham: AshgateJacobsson, K. (2015). Introduction: The Development of Urban Movements in Central and Eastern Europe. In: Kerstin Jacobsson (Ed.), Urban Grassroots Movements in Central and Eastern Europe: (pp. 1-32). Farnham: AshgateAidukaite, J. & Fröhlich, C. (2015). Struggle over public space: grassroots movements in Moscow and Vilnius. International journal of sociology and social policy, 35(7-8), 565-580Jacobsson, K. (Ed.). (2015). Urban Grassroots Movements in Central and Eastern Europe. Farnham: Ashgate
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