CIVIC SOCIETY, SOCIAL MOVEMENTS, MOBILISATION AND PROTEST IN SLOVAKIA

• Authors: Malova D.
• Languages of publication: SK

Abstracts

EN

This study examines the emergence of two social movements as an integral part of revival of the civil society in Slovakia. It analyzes the patterns of mobilization and protests of 'Slovak National Movement' (SNM) and the 'Democratic and European Movement' (DEM), based on the civic campaign in 1998. SNM relates to the set of the organized groups loosely linked with the national agenda at the beginning of 1990s' in Slovakia. It argues that both movements are the genuine parts of civil society in Slovakia, analytically defined as the realm of organized public sphere that is voluntary, largely self-supporting, autonomous from the state, politics and private sphere and bound by a legal order or set of the shared rules. The article defines the conditions under which the social movements can emerged during transition to democracy. It analyzes 'civil society in action' and the aims to discuss the patterns of successful mobilization.

Keywords

EN

CIVIL SOCIETY; IDENTITY; NATIONAL AGENDA; PROTESTS; SLOVAK NATIONAL MOVEMENTS; SOCIAL MOVEMENTS

Discipline

• SOCIOLOGY: SOCIOLOGY

• Publisher: Institute of Sociology, Slovak Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Sociológia (Sociology)
• Year: 2008
• Volume: 40
• Issue: 4
• Pages: 347-364
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Malova D.

• D. Malova, Katedra politologie FF UK, Gondova 2, 818 01 Bratislava, Slovak Republic

Identifiers

CEJSH db identifier

08SKAAAA05099700