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Creating a democratic civil society in eastern Germany : the case of the citizen movements and Alliance 90 / Christiane Olivo.

Title
Creating a democratic civil society in eastern Germany : the case of the citizen movements and Alliance 90 / Christiane Olivo.
Author
Olivo, Christiane.
Publication
New York : Palgrave, 2001.

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vi, 293 p.; 22 cm.
Summary
"This book examines normative theories of civil society and deliberative democracy by using a case study of the East German "citizen movements" that led the democratic opposition against the communist regime. These movements espoused political ideals and engaged in public activities with striking affinities to recent normative theoretical conceptions of civil society. Tracing the history of the citizen movements from the 1970s through the 1990s, this study analyzes their attempts to transform German politics through a "politics of civil society." It explores their growth from small dissident groups to mass movements, their political contributions to the democratic transition in East Germany, and their transformation from movement-based politics to a political party that fused with the Greens. This case reveals the democratic potential of civil society theories as well as the obstacles facing the realization of alternative visions of democracy in contemporary liberal democracies."--Jacket.
Subject
  • Bündnis 90/Die Grünen
  • Civil society > Germany (East)
  • Political participation > Germany (East)
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
1. The reemergence of civil society as a concept of democratic politics -- 2. Civil society, public spheres, and democratic politics -- 3. Political dissidence and civil society in pre-1989 East Germany -- 4. Institutionalizing civil society during the GDR's democratic transition -- 5. Citizen movement or political party? Alliance 90 (1990-93) -- 6. Integrating citizen movement politics : democratic possibilities and practical limitations -- 7. What happened to the citizen movements? Political transformations and democratic legacies -- 8. Civil society politics between ideal and reality.
ISBN
0312234015 (cloth)
LCCN
^^^00068198^
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library