01225pab a2200217 454500 180718b2017 xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d Brandsen, Taco The state and the reconstruction of civil society 2017 p.676-693. Dec The 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. Citizen participation Public management Public administration Civil society Verschuere, Bram Trommel, Willem International Review of Administrative Sciences 116511 116505 116505 0 0 0 0 IIPA IIPA 2018-07-19 Volume no: 83, Issue no: 4 AR116971 2018-07-19 2018-07-19 AR