Skip to the main content

Journal of law and social sciences of the Law Faculty of University J.J. Strossmayer in Osijek = Zeitschrift für Rechts-und Sozialwissenschaften der Fakultät für Rehtswissenschaften der Universität J.J. Strossmayer in Osijek = Journal des sciences juridiq, Vol. 38 No. 3-4, 2022.

Review article

https://doi.org/10.25234/pv/22774

INSIGHTS INTO THE ACTIVITIES OF CIVIL SOCIETY IN CROATIA DURING THE PANDEMIC OF THE COVID-19 DISEASE

Danijel Baturina orcid id orcid.org/0000-0002-9063-305X ; Assistant Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Zagreb, Trg Republike Hrvatske 3, 10000 Zagreb, Republic of Croatia

Full text: croatian pdf 258 Kb

page 133-157

downloads: 725

cite

Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic that started at the beginning of 2020 has put great constraints and significant challenges in organization of social and economic life. This paper analyses the civil society response to the COVID-19 pandemic and presents specific adaptations and opportuni- ties to contribute to the society in the circumstances of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The stories that civil society organizations published on the webpage ZADobroBIT.hr have been analysed by the means of a qualitative research. Thematic analysis in different scopes of activities shows that civil society organizations were more focused on the general population and various vulnerable groups. Vulnerable groups were recognized as those needing particular additional support in the course of this period. The activities aiming at general population fo- cused on newly emerged needs related to civil protection. Civil society also worked on keeping the everyday routines in communities by conducting various types of activities. Informing and educating aimed at creating new and maintaining existing information and education- al practices that adapted to pandemic circumstances. The results of the research show also that organizations have significantly changed, and quickly adapted their work with the help of technology and by using volunteer work.
The results of the analysis suggest that civil society has proved flexible and able to respond quickly to emerging social needs, but also emphasized the contextual limitations of the ac- tions. Thus, the paper discusses the position and role of civil society in the “new normal“, and the impact it has on its further development in the Croatian social and political environment.

Keywords

civil society; civil society organizations; volunteering; pandemic of the COVID-19 disease; Croatia

Hrčak ID:

293368

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/293368

Publication date:

31.12.2022.

Article data in other languages: croatian

Visits: 1.466 *