Civil Society Revisited

List of Tables and Figures

Preface



Introduction: Rethinking Polish Civil Society

Kerstin Jacobsson and Elzbieta Korolczuk



PART I: CIVIL SOCIETY IN CONTEMPORARY POLAND: MYTHS AND REALITIES



Chapter 1. Civil Society in Post-communist Europe - Poland in a Comparative Perspective

Grzegorz Ekiert and Jan Kubik



Chapter 2. (Mis)understanding Social Activism in Poland

Anna Giza-Poleszczuk



Chapter 3. Rethinking Civic Privatism in a Postsocialist Context: Individualism and Personalization in Polish Civil Society Organizations

Kerstin Jacobsson



Chapter 4. Defining In/Defining Out. Civil Society through the Lens of Elite NGOs

Katarzyna Jezierska



PART II: (DE)LEGITIMIZATION OF CIVIC ACTIVISM: NEW ACTORS AND MARGINALIZED GROUPS



Chapter 5. When Parents Become Activists. Exploring the Intersection of Civil Society and Family

Elzbieta Korolczuk



Chapter 6. On the Disappearing Mother. Political Motherhood, Citizenship and Neoliberalism in Poland

Renata Ewa Hryciuk



Chapter 7. Marginalizing Discourses and Activists' Strategies in Collective Identity Formation: The Case of the Polish Tenants' Movement

Dominika V. Polanska



Chapter 8. Voice and Insecurity. Political Participation Among Members of the Precariat

Anna Kiersztyn



PART III: CIVIL SOCIETY MAKING: BETWEEN THE PAST AND THE PRESENT



Chapter 9. Between Tradition and Modernity: The Case of Rural Women's Organizations in Poland

Ilona Matysiak



Chapter 10. Ethnic Bonding and Homing Desires: The Polish Diaspora and Civil Society Making

Gabriella Elgenius

This research was funded by the Swedish Research Council (2010-01706, PI Jacobsson). Earlier data collection was funded by the British Academy and John Fell at the University of Oxford (2007-2012, PI Elgenius). This chapter is available under a CC BY license thanks to the Swedish Research Council for Health, Working Life and Welfare (2018-00181). Not for resale.



Chapter 11. Mobilizing on the Extreme Right in Poland: Marginalization, Institutionalization and Radicalization

Daniel Platek and Piotr Plucienniczak



Conclusion: Empirical and Theoretical Lessons from the Volume

Kerstin Jacobsson and Elzbieta Korolczuk



Index