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Virginia A. Hodgkinson (editor) and
Michael W. Foley (editor)
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Tufts Univ
Publication date
February 1, 2003
Pages
384
Binding
Paperback
Book category
Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9781584652786
ISBN-10
1584652780
Dimensions
1.25 by 6 by 9.25 in.
Weight
1.20 lbs.
Original list price
$30.00
Other format details
university press
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Managing Nonprofit Organizations in a Policy World | Diminished Democracy | Civil Disobedience and Other Essays | Making Democracy Work | The Weakness of Civil Society in Post-Communist Europe | The Essential Civil Society Reader | Civil Society | Bowling Alone | Practicing Our Faith
Summaries and Reviews
Summary
Provides twenty-four selections from writings by important contributors to Western political thought on the subject of civil society.
(view table of contents)Amazon.com description: Product Description: Virginia Hodgkinson and Michael Foley have assembled a definitive collection of 24 readings from the writings of thinkers who have shaped the civil society tradition in Western political thought through the ages. Their clear, intelligent introduction establishes a framework for understanding the complex and perennial debate over conditions of citizenship and the character of the good society. The text moves from the origins of the debate, a consideration of Aristotleâs vision of political order, the polis, through the âcivic republicanismâ of Machiavelli and his English and American followers. It also discusses Hobbesâs and Montesquieuâs conceptions of natural law and the social contract, Immanuel Kant and Adam Ferguson and the emergence of the modern notion of civil society in the late 18th century, and the thoughts and theories of Hegel, Marx, and Gramsci.
Contemporary discussion of civil society in the US started with Berger, Newhaus, and others who addressed the role of intermediary institutions and the political process. In the 1980s, especially as the Cold War ended, writing on civil society exploded. The anthology tracks the key works that have influenced public dialogue in this era. Chapters by Walzer, Barber, Putnam, Almond and Verba, Shils, and others describe the role of association in civil society and its role in democratic governance. As the concept of âcivil societyâ grows ever more prominent in academic and public considerations of politics and political organization, citizen participation, political alienation, voluntary organizations, privatization, government deregulation, and âfaith-basedâ charities, Civil Society: A Reader is the essential historical and theoretical text.
Contemporary discussion of civil society in the US started with Berger, Newhaus, and others who addressed the role of intermediary institutions and the political process. In the 1980s, especially as the Cold War ended, writing on civil society exploded. The anthology tracks the key works that have influenced public dialogue in this era. Chapters by Walzer, Barber, Putnam, Almond and Verba, Shils, and others describe the role of association in civil society and its role in democratic governance. As the concept of âcivil societyâ grows ever more prominent in academic and public considerations of politics and political organization, citizen participation, political alienation, voluntary organizations, privatization, government deregulation, and âfaith-basedâ charities, Civil Society: A Reader is the essential historical and theoretical text.
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9781584652786 | details & prices | 384 pages | 6.00 × 9.25 × 1.25 in. | 1.20 lbs | List price $30.00
About: Provides twenty-four selections from writings by important contributors to Western political thought on the subject of civil society.
About: Provides twenty-four selections from writings by important contributors to Western political thought on the subject of civil society.
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