SGER: Technologies of Civil Society in East Central Europe

该项目的第一部分将审查公民协会网站。受赠方将收集关于四个中东欧国家（匈牙利、波兰、斯洛伐克和捷克共和国）大约1 600个著名民间社会网站的特点、功能和进出超链接的数据。复制2002年进行的一项研究，将有助于绘制民间社会网站组织的动态图。诸如以下问题将得到解决：o总的来说，网站走向包括互动功能？o某些类型的在线民间组织是否更有可能抑制网站的发展，从而使网站更新的可能性显着降低？加入欧盟后是否会有更多的跨国化？在中东欧，公民协会的网站与政府网站有何不同？为了进行比较，研究小组将收集以下国家的公民协会的相同数据：1）来自波罗的海国家的另外两个最近加入欧盟的国家，爱沙尼亚，拉脱维亚或立陶宛，2）在前一轮加入欧盟的另外两个国家，最有可能的是爱尔兰和西班牙，3）四个核心西欧国家，英国，法国，德国和意大利，以及4）俄罗斯和美国。该项目还将分析匈牙利1 000个最大的公民协会的调查数据。综合调查表将包括关于技术使用、组织的使命、目标、目的和价值观、所开展活动的类型（例如，示威、请愿、游说、教育公众、会议等）;技术采用的模式;筹资模式;组织决策的形式;问责制的模式;伙伴关系、协作和与其他组织的联系的类型。

The first component of this project will examine civic association websites. The grantee will gather data on the features, functionalities, and incoming and outoing hyperlinks of approximately 1600 prominent civil society websites in four East Central European countries (Hungary, Poland, Slovakia, and the Czech Republic). Replicating a study conducted in 2002 will enable charting the dynamics of civil society website organization. Questions such as the following will be addressed:o Overall, did websites move towards including interactive features? o Were some genre forms of online civil organizing more likely to inhibit website development, making it significantly less likely that websites were updated? o Is there more transnationalization after EU accession?o How do the websites of civic associations differ from government websites in East Central Europe? For comparative purposes, the research team will gather the same kinds of data on civic associations in:1) two other recent entrants to the European Union from the Baltic states, Estonia, Latvia, or Lithuania, 2) two other countries that entered the European Union in a previous round of accession, most likely Ireland and Spain, 3) four core West European countries, Britain, France, Germany, and Italy, and 4) Russia and the United States. The project will also analyze survey data on 1000 of the largest civic associations in Hungary. The comprehensive questionnaire will include questions on technology use, the mission of the organization; its objectives, goals, and values; the types of activities it undertakes (e.g., demonstrations, petitions, lobbying, educating the public, conferences, and so on); patterns of technology adoption; patterns of funding; forms of organizational decision-making; patterns of accountability; and types of partnerships, collaborations, and linkages to other organizations.