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LANGUAGES OF CIVIL SOCIETY
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| By: |
Peter Wagner (Editor), Jurgen Kocka, Dieter Gosewinkel |
| Format: |
Paperback |
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£27.95 |
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| ISBN 10: |
1845451198 |
| ISBN 13: |
9781845451196 |
| Publisher: |
BERGHAHN BOOKS |
| Pub. date: |
1 May, 2006 |
| Series: |
Studies on Civil Society 1 |
| Pages: |
264 |
| Description: |
Civil society stands for one of the influential concepts relating to the study of modern societies. Reviewing the history of the concept, its use in various regional contexts, and its place in critical political theory, this book asks about the potential of the concept of civil society in guiding political transformations. |
| Synopsis: |
The past two decades have witnessed a revival of the concept of 'civil society'. From East Central Europe to Latin America and East Asia to the recent calls for a 'European civil society' and a 'global civil society', the concept signifies the need for national and supra-national forms of civic commitment against both unjustified state domination and neo-liberal marketization. Reviewing the long history of the concept, its use in various regional contexts and its place in critical political theory, this book takes comprehensive stock of these debates and asks about the potential of the concept of civil society in guiding political transformations towards fuller understandings of liberty and democracy. Peter Wagner is Professor of Social and Political Theory at the European University Institute, Florence, and Professor of Sociology at the University of Warwick. His publications in social and political philosophy and historical and political sociology include A Sociology of Modernity (1994), Theorizing Modernity (2001), A History and Theory of the Social Sciences (2001), and The Political Constitution of Modern Capitalism (co-editor, forthcoming 2005). |
| Illustrations: |
black & white illustrations |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Berghahn Books |
| Returns: |
Non-returnable |