Real Civil Societies: Dilemmas of Institutionalization (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780761958215)

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.

Author: Jeffrey Alexander
ISBN-10: 0761958215
ISBN-13: 9780761958215
Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
Language: English
Published: 06/18/1998
Pages: 256
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.63lbs
Size: 8.46h x 5.40w x 0.52d