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%T Civil Society in Azerbaijan: Testing Alternative Theories %A Shirinov, Rashad %J Caucasus Analytical Digest %N 73 %P 6-9 %D 2015 %K Azerbaijan; Civil Society; Gramsci %@ 1867-9323 %~ Forschungsstelle Osteuropa an der Universität Bremen %> https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-90543-8 %X This article provides a new framework for analyzing the concept of civil society and applies it to the case of Azerbaijan. For almost three decades, academics and practitioners have discussed civil society using a very particular framework based on a specific paradigm: the Tocquevillean notion of civil society, a liberal-democratic vision of civil society in which civil society is an autonomous, independent political actor to check the state's power. I believe it is time now to shift perspective and try to look at things from a different angle. This article offers a Gramscian view of the concept of civil society and tests it on Azerbaijan. I believe it is important for theoreticians and practitioners to think outside of the box that was built for the last two and a half decades of post-communist life and see various opportunities to interpret reality in a new way, particularly when the previous frames seem to be insufficient. %C DEU %G en %9 Zeitschriftenartikel %W GESIS - http://www.gesis.org %~ SSOAR - http://www.ssoar.info