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Title: REAL CIVIL SOCIETIES
DILEMMAS OF INSTITUTIONALIZATION
By: Jeffrey Alexander (Editor)
Format: Paperback

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ISBN 10: 0761958215
ISBN 13: 9780761958215
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Publisher: SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC
Pub. date: 7 May, 1998
Series: Sage Studies in International Sociology
Pages: 256
Description: In recent social and political theory the term `civil society' has achieved renewed currency. Traditionally used in a normative or `ideal-type' sense, the term describes a form of social organization - that is simply neither economic nor political - where democracy, liberty and widespread solidarity are essential regulatory concepts. Written from an empirical social-science perspective by some of the world's most important social theorists, this volume is a critical examination of the normative sense of `civil society'. It includes analyses of civil society and democracy, citizenship, race and ethnicity, and post-communism.
Synopsis: In recent social and political theory the term `civil society' has achieved renewed currency. Traditionally used in a normative or `ideal-type' sense, the term describes a form of social organization - that is simply neither economic nor political - where democracy, liberty and widespread solidarity are essential regulatory concepts. Written from an empirical social-science perspective by some of the world's most important social theorists, this volume is a critical examination of the normative sense of `civil society'. It includes analyses of civil society and democracy, citizenship, race and ethnicity, and post-communism.
Publication: US
Imprint: SAGE Publications Inc
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