Explaining the strength of civil society: Evidence from cross-sectional data

Autor:	Stefanie Bailer, V. Finn Heinrich, Thilo Bodenstein
Rok vydání:	2012
Předmět:	Value (ethics) Civil society Politics Cross-sectional data Sociology and Political Science Order (exchange) Political science Political economy Political Science and International Relations Public administration Causality Socioeconomic status Social structure
Zdroj:	International Political Science Review. 34:289-309
ISSN:	1460-373X 0192-5121
DOI:	10.1177/0192512111419823
Popis:	A number of societal and institutional factors enhance the development of a vibrant civil society, such as a country’s socioeconomic traditions and societal structure, political institutions, or foreign influence. But the question of which one of these factors contributes most to a vibrant civil society still remains unanswered. Using ordinary least square techniques, this article statistically tests the competing factors with a large- N design that includes 42 countries. Our dependent variable is the new Civil Society Index, composed of a structural and a value dimension of civil society. The results show that a country’s quality of political institutions and a high degree of religious fragmentation have the strongest impact on the development of a vibrant civil society. In order to examine the causal relationship, we reassess our findings by conducting two case studies on Chile and Russia. The case studies corroborate the causal direction from the quality of political institutions to a stronger civil society.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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