Polish CSOs Transition and State
Publisher: Technical Assistance for Civil Society Organizations (TACSO)
Date: 2012
Volume: 88 pages, pdf
Description
This report synthesizes findings from available documents, and is also based on interviews with representatives of Polish Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) to complement the documentary analysis. It thus draws on insights from the study of a variety of changes, mobilizations and movements, and institutional frameworks, and indicates the constraints and challenges faced by civil society and CSOs in Poland. The report looks at social movement and civil society research. The aim is to discuss and to explain the various forms of collective action and civic activism that exist in contemporary Poland, including institutionalized forms (CSOs) and non-institutionalized forms, their origins and results, and their impact on the current status of civil society and the condition of Polish CSOs. The report provides information that allows for an overall assessment to be made as well as recommendations that concern similar processes in the Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance (IPA) countries.