Real Civil Societies
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Political Sociology
Social Theory
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- ISBN 9780761958215
- Weight: 290g
- Dimensions: 138 x 216mm
- Publication Date: 07 May 1998
- Publisher: SAGE Publications Inc
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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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.
Jeffrey Alexander is Professor of Sociology at the University of California, Los Angeles
