Contemporary changes and civil society in Portugal and the Russian Federation

Dados Bibliográficos

ID6145461
AutoresJosé Luís Casanova (Department of Sociology, University Institute of Lisbon (ISCTE-IUL), Lisbon, Portugal), José Casanova (0000-0001-5120-2057, Iscte – Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, autor correspondente), Maria Das Dores Guerreiro (Department of Sociology, University Institute of Lisbon (ISCTE-IUL), Lisbon, Portugal), Maria Das Dores Horta Guerreiro (0000-0002-6990-5604, Iscte – Instituto Universitário de Lisboa), Irina Pervova (0000-0001-7000-4398, Department of Social Service, State University of St. Petersburg, St. Petersburg, Russia)
Ano2018
Volume20
Fascículo3
Páginas277-295
Data de publicação2018-08-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoEuropean Politics and Society (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 2374-5126 • E-ISSN: 2374-5118
EditoraTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/23745118.2018.1502106
OpenAlexW2886907185
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas2
Referências citadas16

Portugal and the Russian Federation share some aspects of traditional culture and similar experiences in modern history, but they also exhibit significant differences that determine specific modes of civil society’s development.Results of a comparative and diachronic analysis show that the major differences between the two countries reside in civil society’s openness and composition. Organized civil society is not very distinct in relative size when comparing Portugal and the Russian Federation, but it is globally more autonomous, expressive, trusted and institutionalized in Portugal than in the Russian Federation and among the factors that contribute to this condition are an earlier and revolutionary transition to democracy, a larger middle class, a greater prevalence of the value of interdependence, and a regime that endorses bigger public social expenditure in Portugal, all this within the framework of the European Union that has a longer history of social demand and institutional incentives for civil society. Despite those unequal conditions, civil society faces similar current challenges in both countries, mainly with the outsourcing of the public provision of social services

Civil society · Democracy · Development economics · Economic growth · Economics · European union · Incentive · Market economy · Openness to experience · Political economy · Political science · Sociology · Value (mathematics · Law · Social Capital and Networks