GRK 1410: Negotiating Processes of the Civil Society from the 19th Century to the Present - Germany and the Netherlands Compared

在欧洲一体化和全球化的时代，欧洲社会面临着对社会、经济和政治机构、结构和进程产生严重影响的挑战。民间社会的概念为全球、欧洲、国家和区域问题提供了一个分析框架和着眼于解决办法的观点。公民社会代表着超越国家和市场的自我调节的社会，它代表着个人为了共同体利益的自愿承诺。

In an age of European integration and globalisation, European societies are confronted with challenges that have a serious impact on social, economic and political institutions, structures and processes. The concept of civil society provides an analytical framework and a solution-oriented perspective for global, European, national and regional problems. The civil society represents the self-regulating society beyond the state and the market, and it stands for the voluntary commitment of the individual in the interest of the community.