Contentious politics in complex societies: New social movements between conflict and cooperation
Year: 1998
Type: book-chapter
Abstract: As several observers have pointed out (e.g., Luhmann 19g2; Merucci 1996a; \(illke 1991), complexity is a fundaÀentar fearure of "orrt"-p*rary societies.social complexity stems both internally from a gro*irg functional differentiatio' attd .*ternallyfrom ,h. .-Jrg.n"" "ri *aa tyr::T transcending national states (villke 1991.).As a'result, unlike in traditional societies, the modern srate has to act upon th.,o"i"i rfri.*ro regulate the society.This intervenrion raises imiortant probl#r, ,'or, notably.that of governability: the state is "l*aysi.ssablË to *"rr"rr, ,t .governa_biliry of complex_ democracies (Croziér, Huntington, "rrJ \f"r"_ naki,1975) and to pilot the society arone.This rre* sitùion is a major challenge for the modern state.The classical regulatory media, such as the law, rnoney, and the legitimate use of violenè, "r.,ro lorrg.. sufficient f9r $e regulation of complex societies griilke'1992).To f;;:;;h "r-plexity, the state needs.newsources of legitimacy, fo, ir, .o*pto,*i.ri., lo gl" can anticipate the long run consequencei of most decisions, which implies that the state does not have the authority ror ""r"ioÀorrs decisions (\x/illke r991,).rnaddition,information and knowledg.u."o*" "*cial resources for social regulation (papadopoulos 1995f n C'i.f, trr.modern srate has lost its hé-gemony o-râr thË pilotage of ,o"i"ty "rrd i, now engaging in a-process of coregulation (Vilike tflt).As students of the so-called third secror have pointed out (e.g., Btitschi and cattacin 1,994; Evers 1990, 1993; villke 1.99L), certain orsanized groups of the civil society play animportant role in ,hir io;nr ,"gil"rory
Authors: Marco Giugni, Florence Passy
Language: English
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2932787557