Abstract
2004 has been a decisive year for Europe. With the expansion of the European Union to incorporate the Central and Eastern European countries, the Union has taken on a new dimension that opens major opportunities. For too long, the so-called Iron Curtain cut off the Central and Eastern European countries from the dynamics and the societal developments in the West. At the same time, Central and Eastern Europe was robbed of its cultural cohesion. All this has come to an end. What always belonged together has been brought together again. The successful future of Central and Eastern Europe’s communities is based on a dynamic civil society from which emanates a decisive impulse for empowerment, democracy, cultural exchange, and mutual understanding.
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Zimmer, A. (2004). Civil Society Organizations in Central and Eastern European Countries: Introduction and Terminology. In: Zimmer, A., Priller, E. (eds) Future of Civil Society. VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften, Wiesbaden. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-322-80980-3_2
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