Doctoral Dissertation Research in Sociology: Characteristics of Associational Life and the Development of Civic Society

社会学博士论文研究：结社生活的特征与公民社会的发展

• 批准号: 1334130
• 负责人: Peter Evans
• 金额: $ 1.2万
• 依托单位: University of California-Berkeley
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2014
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2014-02-01 至 2014-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1334130&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Doctoral; Dissertation; Research; Sociology; Characteristics

SES-1334130Peter EvansMalgorzata KurjanskaUniversity of California-BerkeleyThis project is a continuation of dissertation fieldwork on how state policies of political exclusion and cultural repression shaped civic society. The past two decades have seen a resurgence of interest in associational life. Some researchers place civil society at the heart of democratic consolidation. Others cite examples of authoritarian states supported by dense yet uncivil society. Few studies, however, analyze what forces shape the associational landscape?s character. Thus, this research asks: Why do associations arise and what leads them to become civil or uncivil in character? A survey of relevant scholarly literature reveals two types of explanations: state-centered and economic theories. This project tests and builds upon these theories through comparative analysis of associational life in pre-WWI and interwar [1918-1939] Poland. The project employs cross-regional and cross-time historical comparisons. It utilizes historical narratives and descriptive statistics to examine the development of associational life in pre-WWI and interwar Poland. In addition to theoretical contributions, this research will contribute to knowledge on civic society in Eastern Europe. Polish civic society has been researched extensively in the post-communist context. Yet there are few studies of pre-WWII associational life in the ethnically diverse societies of early twentieth century Eastern Europe. This dissertation addresses this gap in existing research.Broader Impacts The study incorporates research that is often overlooked as it is not readily available to non-Polish speakers. Thus, it will bring to an English-speaking audience studies that have been marginalized due to language barriers. A historical analysis of factors that shaped the associational landscape in interwar Poland will shed light on the implications of social and economic policies pursued by modern, multi-ethnic states with growing civic societies and uncertain paths to democratization. This project contributes to modern debates by helping to identify the types of policies, social or economic, which support the development of civil society.

SES-1334130 Peter EvansMalgorzata Kurjanska加州大学伯克利分校这个项目是关于政治排斥和文化压制的国家政策如何塑造公民社会的论文实地考察的延续。 在过去的二十年里，人们对社团生活的兴趣又重新抬头。一些研究人员将民间社会置于巩固民主的核心。其他人则举出了由密集但不文明的社会支持的独裁国家的例子。然而，很少有研究分析是什么力量塑造了联想景观？的性格。因此，本研究的问题是：为什么会产生社团，是什么导致它们在性质上成为公民或非公民？对相关学术文献的调查揭示了两种类型的解释：国家中心论和经济理论。本项目通过对一战前和两次世界大战之间（1918-1939）波兰的结社生活进行比较分析，检验并建立在这些理论的基础上。 该项目采用跨区域和跨时间的历史比较。它利用历史叙述和描述性统计来研究协会生活在一战前和两次大战之间的波兰的发展。 除了理论上的贡献，这项研究将有助于在东欧公民社会的知识。波兰公民社会在后共产主义背景下得到了广泛的研究。然而，在世纪早期的东欧多民族社会中，很少有关于二战前结社生活的研究。本论文解决这一差距在现有的研究。更广泛的影响-这项研究纳入了研究，往往被忽视，因为它是不容易提供给非波兰语发言者。因此，它将为英语受众带来因语言障碍而被边缘化的研究。对两次世界大战之间波兰结社格局形成因素的历史分析，将揭示现代多民族国家所追求的社会和经济政策的影响，这些国家的公民社会不断发展，民主化道路不确定。该项目通过帮助确定支持民间社会发展的社会或经济政策类型，为现代辩论作出贡献。