Environmental Nongovernmental Organizations, Civil Society, and Democratization in Bulgaria
Environmental Nongovernmental Organizations, Civil Society, and Democratization in Bulgaria
Author(s): Barbara A. Cellarius, Caedmon StaddonSubject(s): Civil Society, Political history, Environmental and Energy policy, Government/Political systems, Environmental interactions, Post-Communist Transformation, Sociology of Politics
Published by: SAGE Publications Ltd
Keywords: Bulgaria; environmental nongovernmental organizations; Eastern Europe; postcommunist transformation; civil society;
Summary/Abstract: "Environmental Nongovernmental Organizations" presents an analysis of the political status accorded to the expansion of the activities of environmental nongovernmental organizations (ENGOs) in Eastern Europe since the collapse of the communist regimes in 1989-1990. In particular we scrutinize the popular argument that the growth of the nongovernmental organization (NGO) sector can be interpreted as a sort of "index" of the development of democratic "civil society" in postcommunist countries. Scholars working within this perspective often accord special status to ENGOs as a vanguard of civil society because of their putative centrality in bringing down Eastern Europe's last communist governments. [...]
Journal: East European Politics and Societies
- Issue Year: 16/2002
- Issue No: 01
- Page Range: 182-222
- Page Count: 41
- Language: English
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