01171pab a2200193 454500008004000000100001900040245005500059260000900114300001500123362000800138520064600146650002600792650002200818650002600840650001800866700002100884700002000905773005200925180718b2017   xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  aBrandsen, Taco  aThe state and the reconstruction  of civil society  c2017  ap.676-693.  aDec  aThe current relationship between the state and civil society in Europe is a curious and historically unique one. This is no longer a situation in which participation and association prepare citizens for the offices of the state; rather, it is the state urging a sometimes-reluctant citizenry to engage actively in civil society. This phenomenon stems from a combination of changes in prevailing governance paradigms and of the more general process of social liquefaction. In the article, we analyse these two intertwining trends and discuss the new type of relationship between the state and civil society that may be emerging. - Reproduced.  aCitizen participation  aPublic management  aPublic administration  aCivil society  aVerschuere, Bram  aTrommel, Willem  aInternational Review of Administrative Sciences