Civil Society in an Age of Uncertainty: Institutions, Governance and Existential Challenges (Civil Society and Social Change) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1447353420 ISBN 13: 9781447353423

Publisher: Policy Press, 2024

Synopsis

This book explores how the uncertainties of the 21st century present existential challenges to civil society. These include changing modes of governance (through devolution and Brexit), austerity, migration, growing digital divides, issues of (mis)trust and democratic confidence, welfare delivery and the COVID-19 pandemic and the contemporary threat to minority languages and cultures.

Presenting original empirical findings, this book brings together core strands of social theory to provide a new way of understanding existential challenges to the form and function of civil society. It highlights pressing social issues and transferable lessons that will inform policy and practice in today’s age of uncertainty.

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About the Authors

Paul Chaney is Professor of Politics and Policy at Cardiff University. He is Co-Director of the Wales Institute of Social and Economic Research and Data (WISERD).

Ian Rees Jones is Professor of Sociological Research at Cardiff University and Director of the Wales Institute of Social and Economic Research and Data (WISERD).

Edition details

• Publisher: Policy Press
• Publication date: 2024
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1447353420
• ISBN 13: 9781447353423
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 222
• Editor: Chaney Paul, Jones Ian Rees