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TCDS REGIONS & PARTNERS
TCDS addresses both the special needs that have arisen--and the opportunities that have opened up--during this decade of social and political transformation. Building upon our previous work, TCDS initiatives have already resulted in the emergence and cultivation of several diverse scholarly networks in six broad regions: Central and Eastern Europe, the Trans-Caucasus, Central Asia, Southern Africa, Western Europe and Latin America. These are regions in which, thanks to the long-term interest of NSSR faculty members from several disciplines, we have been able to establish networks of scholarly contacts and collaborative projects. While bridging the regions in order to facilitate a deeper and more textured understanding of the challenges of democracy in the contemporary world, we are also concerned with building bridges between academia and the "real" world of actual democratic practice, where policies and local strategies are designed, and where civic innovation comes to life. Our faculty, our partners, and our students consist of people committed to the idea of a civil society and actively involved in a variety of civic initiatives. We believe that in this way we can contribute both to the spreading ethos of active citizenship and to a new model of scholarship in the social sciences. |
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