RT Article
T1 Vicissitudes of Ethical Civil Society in Central and Eastern Europe
JF Studies in Christian ethics
VO 20
IS 1
SP 30
OP 43
A1 Wnuk-Lipiński, Edmund
LA English
PB Sage
YR 2007
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/1776581865
AB The article focuses on the role of civil society in the aggregate of causes that eventually brought about the collapse of the communist block and — in consequence — changed the global balance of power. The concept of ‘ethical civil society’ is introduced in explaining the path to democracy of former Soviet bloc countries. The article also explores cultural determinants of democratisation in Central and Eastern Europe after 1989; in particular the relation between religious confession and likelihood of democratic outcome of post-communist transformation is examined.
K1 World Order
K1 transition to democracy
K1 Solidarity
K1 post-communist transformation
K1 John Paul II
K1 ethical civil society
K1 dissident movements
DO 10.1177/0953946806075486