Activism
Authoritarianism
Brian Barry
Cambridge University Press
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Citizenship
Civic virtue
Civil and political rights
Civil liberties
Civil society
Civility
Classical liberalism
Communitarianism
Confucianism
Critical theory
Deliberation
Deliberative democracy
Democracy
Doctrine
Egalitarianism
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Ethics
Feminism
Feminism (international relations)
Feminist theory
Freedom of association
Governance
Government
Habermas
Ideology
Individual and group rights
Individualism
Institution
Intellectual
Islam
Jews
Legislation
Legitimacy (political)
Liberal democracy
Liberalism
Modernity
Morality
Multiculturalism
Natural and legal rights
Natural law
Oxford University Press
Political Liberalism
Political philosophy
Political science
Politician
Politics
Princeton University Press
Private sphere
Protestantism
Public policy
Public reason
Public sphere
Religion
Rights
Rule of law
Separation of church and state
Social justice
State (polity)
Tax
Theology
Toleration
Totalitarianism
Voluntary association
Voting
Welfare
Welfare state
Will Kymlicka
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- ISBN 9780691088020
- Weight: 595g
- Dimensions: 152 x 235mm
- Publication Date: 23 Dec 2001
- Publisher: Princeton University Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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Civil Society and Government brings together an unprecedented array of political, ethical, and religious perspectives to shed light on the complex and much-debated relationship between civil society and the state. Some argue that civil society is a bulwark against government; others see it as an indispensable support for government. Civil society has been portrayed both as a independent of the state and as dependent upon it. This book reveals the extraordinary diversity of views on the subject by examining how civil society has been treated in classical liberalism, liberal egalitarianism, critical theory, feminism, natural law, Christianity, Judaism, Islam, and Confucianism. The volume draws on the work of eminent scholars to address six questions: In terms of function and consequences, does it matter where the line is drawn between civil society and the state? What is the relationship of civil society to the state? In what contexts and under what conditions should government interact with individuals directly or instead indirectly through communal associations? What are the prerogatives and duties of citizenship, and what is the role of civil society in forming good citizens?
How should a society handle the conflicts that sometimes arise between the demands of citizenship and those of membership in the non-governmental associations of civil society? A theoretical introduction by the editors--political theorist Nancy Rosenblum and legal scholar Robert Post--and a conclusion by religious ethicist Richard Miller, tie the book together. In addition to Rosenblum, the contributors are Kenneth Baynes, David Biale, John Coleman, Farhad Kazemi, John Kelsay, William Galston, Will Kymlicka, Tom Palmer, Fred Miller, Susan Moller Okin, Peter Nosco, Henry Rosemont, Steven Scalet, David Schmidtz, William Sullivan, Max Stackhouse, Stephen White, and Noam Zohar.
Nancy L. Rosenblum is Professor of Government at Harvard University. She is the author of Membership and Morals (Princeton) and Another Liberalism and editor of Obligations of Citizenship and Demands of Faith (Princeton). Robert C. Post is Alexander F. and May T. Morrison Professor of Law at the University of California, Berkeley. He is the author of Constitutional Domains and editor or coeditor of several other books.
