scholarly journals The Dutch Triple Heritage Helix. A working model for the protection of the landscape

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Saskia van Dockum ◽  
Leonard de Wit
Keyword(s):  
Civil Society ◽  
The Netherlands ◽  
The State ◽  
Heritage Sites ◽  
Built Heritage ◽  
Working Model ◽  
Central Lead

In the Netherlands the state does not take direct responsibility for the care of archaeological monuments. Instead, the emphasis is on supporting private owners to look after monuments in their care. This article focuses on the range of non-governmental trust organisations that have been established to care for built heritage in the Netherlands. One such organisation is the Utrechts Landschap Foundation, established in 1927, which has recently championed what can be termed a 'triple heritage helix' to describe the role played by the foundation, public government and civil society. In this triple heritage helix model, all three partners have a role, but Utrechts Landschap is the central, lead partner that provides the long-term vision, skills and administration to ensure that the heritage sites under the trust's care are managed and protected effectively.

Free Association and Civil Society in Cuba, 1787–1895

2011 ◽  
Vol 43 (1) ◽  
pp. 33-64
Author(s):  
ALFONSO W. QUIROZ
Keyword(s):  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
Civil Society ◽  
Free Association ◽  
Long Term Evolution ◽  
The State ◽  
Term Evolution ◽  
New Perspective

AbstractThis study provides a new perspective on civil society in Cuba during the nineteenth century based on concrete information about multiple types of association in different regions of the island. Modern associations developed mainly to meet specific social and cultural needs, achieve legal autonomy from the state and exercise free association despite colonial constraints. This long-term evolution covers several periods of intersections between civil society and political spheres, framed primarily by non-violent constitutionalist and reformist struggles rather than armed separatist conflicts. These findings contradict prevalent interpretations that portray an endemically weak yet increasingly militant civil society. Instead, a growing, moderate, and progressively autonomous and diverse civil society contributed gradually to undermine colonial despotism and establish key bases for post-independence democracy.

scholarly journals Creating Economic Space for Social Innovation

2019 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Civil Society ◽  
Theoretical Approach ◽  
Social Innovation ◽  
Social Issues ◽  
The State ◽  
Clean Water ◽  
Economic Space ◽  
Research Gap ◽  
Sustainable Societies

Social innovation is a topic of increasing interest to policymakers, civil society, and business globally. However, there has yet to be a comprehensive account of the economic contexts of social innovation. This book aims to address this research gap. It weaves together work from economics, sociology and ethics for a novel theoretical approach: the Extended Social Grid Model (ESGM). Based upon four years of work across a range of countries, this book provides a thorough and nuanced discussion of how social innovation can address major social issues including marginalization, access to housing, clean water, and microcredit. Empirically, the book considers how social innovation has interfaced with the economy, but also the state and civil society in terms of long-term projects, programmes, and policies that have emerged and evolved within and across European states to drive more equitable, inclusive, and sustainable societies.

scholarly journals Reflexiones sobre el patrimonio cultural del Perú, contextos y perspectivas

2019 ◽  
pp. 169-177
Author(s):  
Sandra Negro
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Civil Society ◽  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Conservation Management ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
The State ◽  
National Project ◽  
Heritage Sites ◽  
Complex Problems ◽  
Sociedad Civil

ResumenLa contribución reflexiona en torno a la compleja problemática del patrimonio cultural nacional y la urgentenecesidad de que el Estado desarrolle un gran proyecto nacional, que comprenda la investigación, difusión,conservación y tutela del mismo con el apoyo de la sociedad civil y las instituciones de educación superior, para que sea uno de los importantes ejes que consoliden la sociedad peruana de cara a las siguientes generaciones.Palabras clave: patrimonio, cultura, conservación, gestión, identidad. AbstractThe contribution reflects on the complex problems of national cultural heritage and the urgent need for the State to develop a major national project, including research, the publication of the results, conservation and guardianship with the support of the civil society and higher education institutions, to be one of theimportant axes that consolidate Peruvian society for the next generations.Keywords: heritage sites, culture, conservation, management, identity.

Transforming state–civil society relations: centralization and externalization in refugee education

2020 ◽  
Vol 63 ◽  
pp. 32-54
Author(s):  
Maissam Nimer
Keyword(s):  
Civil Society ◽  
Language Education ◽  
Humanitarian Assistance ◽  
The State ◽  
Civil Society Organizations ◽  
Refugee Education ◽  
State Institutions ◽  
The Public

AbstractIn the context of the arrival of Syrians as of 2011 and the subsequent humanitarian assistance received in light of the EU–Turkey deal in 2016, there has been increased control over civil society organizations (CSOs) in Turkey. Through the case study of language education, this paper examines the relationship between the state and CSOs as shaped by the presence of Syrian refugees and how it evolved through the autonomy of state bureaucracy. It demonstrates that increased control led to the proliferation of larger projects, the deterrence of smaller CSOs, and a hierarchy between organizations prioritizing those that are aligned with the state. It argues that this policy is not only the result of the increased lack of trust between state and civil society but also an attempt to channel funds through state institutions to handle an unprecedented number of refugees while externalizing some of its functions. At the same time, this emerging relationship effectively allows the state to avoid making long-term integration policies and facing growing tensions among the public. This study is based on a qualitative study encompassing interviews with state officials as well as stakeholders in different types of CSOs that deliver language education for adults.

Japanese NPOs and the State Re-examined

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Akihiro Ogawa
Keyword(s):  
Civil Society ◽  
Lifelong Learning ◽  
Public Administration ◽  
Local Community ◽  
The State ◽  
Non Profit ◽  
Civic Society ◽  
Successful Case ◽  
Reduced Costs

This chapter builds on long-term research at SLG, a pseudonym for a non-profit organization (NPO) in eastern Tokyo, established under the 1998 NPO Law. Incorporated as an NPO in 2000, SLG is one of the largest civic society organizations promoting lifelong learning in Japan. Over nearly two decades, SLG offered more than a hundred courses to the local community. However, SLG faced a crisis and risked dissolution in 2018 due to the municipal government’s decision to cut its funding. This chapter argues that SLG was a successful case of neoliberalism-oriented public administration, pursuing decentralization and reduced costs; at the same time SLG did not encourage independent, citizen-oriented activities. This chapter documents current discussions at SLG, reflecting the reality of a Japanese civil society landscape in which NPOs are central.

scholarly journals Preface

2007 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. v-ix ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexei Elfimov ◽  
Ullrich Kockel
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
South Africa ◽  
Great Britain ◽  
The Netherlands ◽  
The United States ◽  
The State ◽  
Comparative Approach ◽  
The Relationship

As the new century unfolds, it becomes increasingly clear that contexts in which anthropology is practised as an established discipline, scholarly enterprise, applied endeavour, profession and intellectual pursuit keep changing, altering and transforming. The general aim in putting together this collection of essays was to test the state and condition of the relationship between anthropology and society in a number of countries where anthropological discourses and ethnographic activity have had a tangible presence in academia and beyond. Adopting a comparative approach – anthropology’s long-term companion – that we hoped would once again allow us to highlight where things have developed differently and where they seemed the same (or indeed were only equally illusorily), we asked leading practitioners from Austria, Brazil, France, Great Britain, the Netherlands, Russia, South Africa and the United States to ponder the same, rather broadly posed, set of questions.

When civil engagement is part of the problem: Flawed anti-corruptionism in Russia and Ukraine

2018 ◽  
Vol 51 (3) ◽  
pp. 245-255 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marina Zaloznaya ◽  
William M. Reisinger ◽  
Vicki Hesli Claypool
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Civil Society ◽  
The State ◽  
The Other ◽  
Positive Role ◽  
Business Elites ◽  
Effective Governance ◽  
Documentary Sources ◽  
The Government

In developing countries, the fight against corruption entails purges of political and business elites and the restructuring of electoral, financial, and social provision systems, all of which are costly for the incumbents and, therefore, unlikely without sustained pressure from civil society. In the absence of empirical analyses, scholars and practitioners have, therefore, assumes that civil society plays an unequivocally positive role in anticorruptionism. In this article, we challenge this dominant assumption. Instead, we show that, under certain conditions, an engaged non-governmental community may, in fact, undermine the fight against corruption. Using the data from forty interviews with anticorruption practitioners in Ukraine and Russia, as well as primary documentary sources, we present two models of anti-corruptionism whereby active civil engagement produces suboptimal outcomes. One is faux collaboration, defined as a façade of cooperation between the state and civil society, which hides the reality of one-sided reforms. The other model is that of non-collaborative co-presence, whereby the governance role is shared by the government and non-governmental activists without compromise-based solutions. In both cases, civil engagement helps perpetuate abuses of power and subvert such long-term goals of anti-corruption reforms as democratization and effective governance.

scholarly journals Innovators and Implementers: The Multilevel Politics of Civil Society Governance in Rural China

2018 ◽  
Vol 233 ◽  
pp. 22-42 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sara A. Newland
Keyword(s):  
Civil Society ◽  
Rural China ◽  
The State ◽  
Career Goals ◽  
Personal Benefit ◽  
Multilevel Politics ◽  
Different Types ◽  
State Actors ◽  
Career Incentives

AbstractEarly literature on China's civil society focused on organizations’ autonomy from the state. However, the precise ways in which these organizations are dependent on the state – and on individual officials – are less well understood. I argue that NGOs depend on different types of officials whose career incentives vary, with significant implications for relationships with non-state actors. One set of officials, innovators, seeks rapid promotion and uses civil society partnerships to gain higher-level attention. Innovators’ career goals lead them to provide support for NGOs; however, excessive reliance on innovators can force organizations to stray from their mission and can weaken their long-term position in a given locality. A second set of officials, implementers, seeks stability and security. Cognizant of the risks of partnering with non-state actors, these officials are sometimes forced by their superiors to engage with NGOs but see little personal benefit in doing so. These findings suggest the importance of China's multilevel political structure for state–society relations.

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