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Both the concept and the issue of civil society is a matter of dispute in respect of theory and practice alike. The present paper has a triple ambition: outlining the history of ideas behind the concept, providing an interpretation, and carrying out a distinct analysis of the processes characteristic of the East-Central European region. Owing to the unrealistic expectations formed around the concept, mystification poses a great danger to present-day civil society. In what follows, we will analyse the dilemmas evolved around the issue of civil society.

Minority Civil Society

Sapientia Hungarian University of Transylvania, Cluj-Napoca Department of International Relations and European Studies,

Acta Universitatis Sapientiae, European and Regional Studies

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Both the concept and the issue of civil society is a matter of dispute in respect of theory and practice alike. The present paper has a triple ambition:...

Minority Civil Society

Published Online: Apr 06, 2017

Page range: 51 - 64

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/auseur-2016-0020

Keywords
civil society, democratization, East-Central Europe, active individual and community, solidarity, civil roles and functions, Hungarian civil society in Romania

© 2017

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Minority Civil Society

Published Online: Apr 06, 2017

Page range: 51 - 64

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/auseur-2016-0020

Keywordscivil society, democratization, East-Central Europe, active individual and community, solidarity, civil roles and functions, Hungarian civil society in Romania

© 2017

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Keywords
civil society, democratization, East-Central Europe, active individual and community, solidarity, civil roles and functions, Hungarian civil society in Romania