Approaching Rio 20: A Survey of Positions and Expectations of Civil Society Organisations in Six European Countries on the Green Economy

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Holger Baer ◽  
Klaus Jacob ◽  
Stefan Werland
Keyword(s):  
Civil Society ◽  
European Countries ◽  
Green Economy ◽  
Civil Society Organisations

scholarly journals Do Professionals Take Over? Professionalisation and Membership Influence in Civil Society Organisations

2020 ◽  
Vol 31 (6) ◽  
pp. 1226-1238 ◽  
Author(s):  
Frederik Heylen ◽  
Evelien Willems ◽  
Jan Beyers
Keyword(s):  
Civil Society ◽  
Representative Sample ◽  
Strong Influence ◽  
European Countries ◽  
Scholarly Work ◽  
European Level ◽  
Policy Positions ◽  
Civil Society Organisations

AbstractWhile many scholars have postulated the decline of membership influence as an important consequence of the professionalisation of civil society organisations (CSOs), other analysts have argued that traditional membership-driven CSOs are resilient and that hiring professionals does not necessarily diminish membership influence. This study sheds light on this issue by analysing membership influence in a representative sample of approximately 2000 CSOs from  five European countries and the European level. As members generally have a strong influence on CSOs’ policy positions, our analysis demonstrates that the pessimistic tone in much contemporary scholarly work is largely unwarranted. On the contrary, hiring professionals does not invariably decrease membership influence and can, when members are closely engaged in advocacy work, even facilitate it.

scholarly journals Holding on to voters in volatile times: Bonding voters through party links with civil society

2020 ◽  
pp. 135406882098030
Author(s):  
Nick Martin ◽  
Sarah L de Lange ◽  
Wouter van der Brug
Keyword(s):  
Civil Society ◽  
Political Parties ◽  
21St Century ◽  
Party Competition ◽  
European Countries ◽  
Electoral Volatility ◽  
Civil Society Organisations ◽  
Left And Right ◽  
West European

Political parties are increasingly confronted with electoral volatility. However, the support for some parties is more stable than that of others. Although it has been established that parties’ links to civil society stabilised their electorates in the period until the 1980s, it has not yet been investigated whether such links still fulfil this function in our volatile age. In this paper, we argue that traditional party connections, as well as links to modern day civil society organisations, continue to tie voters to parties. Using a novel dataset covering 149 parties in 29 elections in 14 West European countries, we establish that parties with stronger links to civil society do indeed have a more stable support base. This relationship holds for parties of the left and right. Our results demonstrate that parties’ societal embeddedness continues to play a role in understanding party competition in the 21st century.

Nachhaltigkeit in Wald und Gesellschaft trotz «Überalterung» und «Unterjüngung» (Essay)

2013 ◽  
Vol 164 (8) ◽  
pp. 236-239
Author(s):  
Werner Schärer
Keyword(s):  
Civil Society ◽  
Technical Progress ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Human Populations ◽  
Civil Society Organisations ◽  
Care For The Elderly ◽  
Economic Reasoning ◽  
The Right ◽  
Implementation Programme ◽  
Effective Distribution

Sustainability in forest and society despite “overmaturity” and “lack of regeneration” (essay) This essay compares efforts to move towards sustainability in the forests with those in the care for the elderly in Switzerland, and tries to draw conclusions which may promote sustainability. It is wrong, for forests and human populations, to talk of “overmaturity”, as this assumes the primacy of economic reasoning. To guarantee sustainability, the balance between all aspects is crucial. To attain true sustainability, we need binding guidelines and the “right” scale of implementation programme. Civil society organisations have been working for decades – often longer than the state itself – to improve sustainability. In many different areas, good cooperation and effective distribution of tasks between these institutions can be observed. This is important, among other things, because the ever greater speed of technical progress may overwhelm the adaptive capacity of both forests and people, which would influence sustainability in a negative way.

The Myth of a Migration Crisis in France

2018 ◽  
pp. 126-144
Author(s):  
Isabelle Rigoni
Keyword(s):  
Civil Society ◽  
National Security ◽  
Ethnic Diversity ◽  
European Countries ◽  
Terrorist Attacks ◽  
Modes Of Action ◽  
Security Context ◽  
Migration Crisis ◽  
Institutional Actors

France is an old immigration country but has been slow to recognize itself as such. Since 2000, the Western security context has produced a new stage in migration and asylum policies. The tragic and traumatic nature of terrorist attacks in France and other European countries has legitimized the strengthening of national security laws, fueled more conservative attitudes regarding cultural and ethnic diversity, and fed into debates on communitarianism, multiculturalism, and universalism. This chapter analyzes how migratory dynamics have been constructed as a crisis in contemporary France and examines the initiatives of civil society towards what politics and media consider to be a migration crisis. Finally, it analyzes the modes of action used by various social and institutional actors in the context of an imagined migration crisis.

scholarly journals Exploring the impact of farmer-led research supported by civil society organisations

2015 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 4 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ann Waters-Bayer ◽  
Patti Kristjanson ◽  
Chesha Wettasinha ◽  
Laurens van Veldhuizen ◽  
Gabriela Quiroga ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Civil Society ◽  
Civil Society Organisations ◽  
The Impact

scholarly journals Antimicrobial resistance control efforts in Africa: a survey of the role of Civil Society Organisations

2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 1868055
Author(s):  
Jessica L. Fraser ◽  
Yewande H. Alimi ◽  
Jay K. Varma ◽  
Tracie Muraya ◽  
Tapiwanashe Kujinga ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Civil Society ◽  
Antimicrobial Resistance ◽  
Civil Society Organisations
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