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Catholic and (post)Communist organizations play a crucial role in the political traditions and functioning of civil society both in Italy and in Poland. The Catholic and (post)Communist affiliation of an organization still plays a crucial role from both a social and a political point of view, with a consequent rise of tension between these two ideological and institutional traditions. During the post-WWII period, most civil society organizations in Italy were connected either to the Communist Party or to the Christian Democrats (Biorcio 2007) as a result of a deliberate political effort to influence civil society more broadly. Similarly in Poland, the majority of older civil society organizations were either quangos, officially acknowledged by the Communist regime, or organizations that stemmed from the Catholic Solidarność movement (Rose-Ackerman 2008: 54, Leś 2000: 193).
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Bassoli, M., Theiss, M. (2014). Inheriting Divisions? The Role of Catholic and Leftist Affiliation in Local Cooperation Networks: The Case of Italy and Poland. In: Baglioni, S., Giugni, M. (eds) Civil Society Organizations, Unemployment, and Precarity in Europe. Work and Welfare in Europe. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230391437_9
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