Civil Society Revisited: Lessons from Poland

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Introduction. Rethinking Polish civil society / Kerstin Jacobsson and Elżbieta Korolczuk -- Civil society in postcommunist Europe : Poland in a comparative perspective / Grzegorz Ekiert and Jan Kubik -- (Mis)understanding social activism in Poland / Anna Giza-Poleszczuk -- Rethinking civic privatism in a postsocialist context : individualism and personalization in Polish civil society organizations / Kerstin Jacobsson -- Defining in/defining out : civil society through the lens of elite NGOs / Katarzyna Jezierska -- When parents become activists : exploring the intersection of civil society and family / Elżbieta Korolczuk -- On the disappearing mother : political motherhood, citizenship, and neoliberalism in Poland / Renata Ewa Hryciuk -- Marginalizing discourse and activists' strategies in collective identity formation : the case of the Polish tenants' movement / Dominika V. Polanska -- Voice and insecurity : political participation among members of the precariat / Anna Kiersztyn -- Between tradition and modernity : the case of rural women's organizations in Poland / Ilona Matysiak -- Ethnic bonding and homing desires : the Polish diaspora and civil society making / Gabriella Elgenius -- Mobilizing on the extreme right in Poland : marginalization, institutionalization, and radicalization / Daniel Platek and Piotr Plucienniczak -- Conclusion. Empirical and theoretical lessons from the volume / Kerstin Jacobsson and Elżbieta Korolczuk.