Self-Organization: The Power and Limits of Ukraine's Informal Civil Society

by Svitlana Krasynska

Using Ukraine as a case-in-point, Svitlana Krasynska engages diverse bodies of literature and rich empirical data to reveal the vital role and unique potential of below-the-radar civic engagement in contexts where informal practices abound--a phenomenon largely neglected by scholars of civil society who traditionally focus on formal civic organizations.

Civil society in Eastern Europe has long been labeled weak based on a general lack of...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674291492
• ISBN13: 9780674291492
• Release Date: May 2025
• Publisher: Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute
• Length: 350 Pages