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Browsing Department of Political and Social Sciences (SPS) by Author "VEDRES, Balazs"
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Title:Associating, mobilizing, politicizing : local developmental agency from without
Author(s):BRUSZT, Laszlo; VEDRES, BalazsDate:2013Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:Decades of increase in external aid programs sparked a wide range of criticisms pointing to misaligned interests, lack of accountability, and the reproduction of developmental traps. The success of development from without ...
Title:The Politics of Civic Combinations
Author(s):BRUSZT, Laszlo; VEDRES, BalazsDate:2008Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:In this article, we explore the ways in which partnerships with the state within state-led developmental programs might effect the autonomy of civic organizations (COs) and their readiness to enter in political action. To ...
Title:Rooted transnational publics: Integrating foreign ties and civic activism
Author(s):STARK, David; VEDRES, Balazs; BRUSZT, LaszloDate:2006Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:Can civic organizations be both locally rooted and globally connected? Based on a survey of 1,002 of the largest civic organizations in Hungary, we conclude that there is not a forced choice between foreign ties and domestic ...
Title:The Politics of Civic Combinations
Author(s):BRUSZT, Laszlo; VEDRES, BalazsDate:2005Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:Working Papers Series, Center on Organizational Innovation, Columbia UniversityAbstract:Participation of civic organizations in diverse social and developmental partnership projects is one of the fastest growing and, at the same time, one of the most contested forms of institutional experimentation. Described ...
Title:Organizing Technologies: Genre Forms of Online Civic Association in Eastern Europe
Author(s):VEDRES, Balazs; BRUSZT, Laszlo; STARK, DavidDate:2005Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:How do civic associations in Eastern Europe organize themselves online? Based on data collected on 1,585 East European civil society Web sites, the authors identify five emergent genres of organizing technologies: newsletters, ...
Title:Organizing Technologies: Genre Forms of Online Civic Association in Eastern Europe
Author(s):VEDRES, Balazs; BRUSZT, Laszlo; STARK, DavidDate:2004Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:Columbia University Working PaperAbstract:How Do Civic Associations in Eastern Europe Organize Themselves Online? Based on data collected on 1, 585 East European Civil Society Web sites, the authors identify five emergent genres of organizing technologies: ...