Civil Society in the Baltic Sea Region
Contributors: Norbert Gotz (Editor); Jorg Hackmann (Editor)
Publisher: Ashgate Publishing
Published: December 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 288
ISBN-13: 9780754633174
Subjects: Scandinavia; Politics/International Relations; Civil society; Political Science; Sociology; Russia (Federation); Baltic Sea Region; Baltic Sea; European history (ie other than Britain & Ireland); POLITICS & GOVERNMENT; Sociology, Social Studies; Baltic States; General
First sentence: In his renowned book Democracy in America Alexis de Tocqueville warned that 'the more government takes the place of associations, the more will individuals lose the idea of forming associations and need the government to come to their help' (1969: 515).