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Real Civil Societies

Dilemmas of Institutionalization

Jeffrey Alexander editor

Format:Hardback

Publisher:SAGE Publications Inc

Published:7th May '98

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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.

ISBN: 9780761958208

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Weight: 380g

256 pages