The Shrinking Space of Civil Society: a Report on Trends, Responses, and the Role of Donors

Opusculum 128 | 01.04.2010 | Civil society is one of the main arenas of the democratization. However, in recent years the political space of civil society has become narrower and does not contribute to effective operation of civil society organisations (CSOs). Due to repression by governments, civil society organisations are encountering a series of challenges, which may extend to closing down the organisations. 

The Role of Civil Society in the Tunisian Transformation Process

Opusculum 122 | 01.11.2018 | Political transformation scholars identified a new object of research through the course of the so-called “Arab Spring” that began in 2010 -the democratization of Arab countries. In Tunisia it resulted in a dmeocratic system. Simon Rothers investigates the importance and role of civil society during the transformation process in Tunisia

Civil Society in the ‘Visegrád Four’

Opusculum 74 | 01.07.2014 | Data and Literature in the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia