{"product_id":"the-politics-of-civil-society-fred-powell-9781447307143","title":"The Politics of Civil Society: Big Society and Small Government","description":"\u003cp\u003e2011 shook the world politically. The Occupy Movement, Los Indignados and the Greek Aganaktismenoi (outraged) reacted to zombie capitalism in the West, while the Arab Spring challenged political tyrannies in the Maghreb-Mashreq region.Democracy became the meta-question of the moment. New communicative technologies unleashed a tidal wave of civic protest that spread across the globe, bringing new political actors on to the street.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e But what does this protest movement mean? Are we on the threshold of a transformation in global political consciousness? Is civil society the necessary counter-power that is democratising democracy from within? Or are we living through an apocalyptic terminal phase of civilisation? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e In the second, revised edition of this indispensable book, the author looks behind the mirror of power and differentiates the real from the fake in policy and politics. It offers an original and compelling history of the present and will have wide appeal to a broad cross-disciplinary audience.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Fred Powell\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1447307143\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781447307143\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Policy Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/01\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.10w x 0.50d","brand":"Fred Powell","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48442253705471,"sku":"9781447307143","price":49.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_567756d7-bcf2-4edd-b79b-7f7583cd2272.jpg?v=1777196145","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-politics-of-civil-society-fred-powell-9781447307143","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}