Civil Society in the Age of Monitory Democracy

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Civil Society in the Age of Monitory Democracy is written by Lars Trägårdh and published by Berghahn Books. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 1836959532 (ISBN 10) and 9781836959533 (ISBN 13).

Since the emergence of the dissident “parallel polis” in Eastern Europe, civil society has become a “new superpower,” influencing democratic transformations, human rights, and international co-operation; co-designing economic trends, security and defense; reshaping the information society; and generating new ideas on the environment, health, and the “good life.” This volume seeks to compare and reassess the role of civil society in the rich West, the poorer South, and the quickly expanding East in the context of the twenty-first century’s challenges. It presents a novel perspective on civic movements testing John Keane’s notion of “monitory democracy”: an emerging order of public scrutiny and monitoring of power.