Civil Society in an Age of Uncertainty
Institutions, Governance and Existential Challenges
Paul Chaney editor Ian Rees Jones editor
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Bristol University Press
Published:9th Apr '24
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This paperback is available in another edition too:
- Hardback£80.00(9781447353416)
This book explores how the uncertainties of the 21st century present existential challenges to civil society. These include changing modes of governance (through devolution and Brexit), austerity, migration, growing digital divides, issues of (mis)trust and democratic confidence, welfare delivery and the COVID-19 pandemic and the contemporary threat to minority languages and cultures.
Presenting original empirical findings, this book brings together core strands of social theory to provide a new way of understanding existential challenges to the form and function of civil society. It highlights pressing social issues and transferable lessons that will inform policy and practice in today’s age of uncertainty.
“With multiple insecurities threatening well-being and health in a post-Brexit UK and globally, this book examines civil society’s autonomy, precarity and resilience. A vital critical reflection on the challenges facing civil society in uncertain times.” Linda Milbourne, Birkbeck, University of London
“This timely scholarly and highly readable volume examines contemporary challenges facing civil society at various spatial scales, demonstrating that, in an age of uncertainty, a vibrant civil society does matter.” Irene Hardill, Northumbria University
ISBN: 9781447353423
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210 pages