Author | : Virginia Ann Hodgkinson |
Publisher | : UPNE |
Total Pages | : 394 |
Release | : 2003 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 1584652780 |
A "civil society" anthology for experts and students alike.
Author | : Virginia Ann Hodgkinson |
Publisher | : UPNE |
Total Pages | : 394 |
Release | : 2003 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 1584652780 |
A "civil society" anthology for experts and students alike.
Author | : Don E. Eberly |
Publisher | : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers |
Total Pages | : 421 |
Release | : 2000-07-12 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 0742578682 |
In The Civil Society Reader Don Eberly presents the classic writings of the leading scholars and organizers who have brought the civil society debate to the forefront of American politics.
Author | : Michael Edwards |
Publisher | : John Wiley & Sons |
Total Pages | : 159 |
Release | : 2013-08-20 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 0745659055 |
Since its publication in 2004, Civil Society has become a standard work of reference for all those who seek to understand the role of voluntary citizen action in the contemporary world. In this thoroughly-revised edition, Michael Edwards updates the arguments and evidence presented in the original and adds major new material on issues such as civil society in Africa and the Middle East, global civil society, information technology and new forms of citizen organizing. He explains how in the future the pressures of state encroachment, resurgent individualism, and old and familiar forces of nationalism and fundamentalism in new clothes will test and re-shape the practice of citizen action in both positive and negative ways. Civil Society will help readers of all persuasions to navigate these choppy waters with greater understanding, insight and success. Colleges and universities, foundations and NGOs, public policy-makers, journalists and commissions of inquiry – all have used Edwards’s book to understand and strengthen the vital role that civil society can play in deepening democracy, re-building community, and addressing poverty, inequality and injustice. This new edition will be required reading for anyone who is interested in creating a better world through citizen action.
Author | : Jean L. Cohen |
Publisher | : MIT Press |
Total Pages | : 804 |
Release | : 1994-03-29 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 9780262531214 |
In this first serious work on the theory of civil society to appear in many years, Jean Cohen and Andrew Arato contend that the concept of civil society articulates a contested terrain in the West that could become the primary locus for the expansion of democracy and rights. In this major contribution to contemporary political theory, Jean Cohen and Andrew Arato argue that the concept of civil society articulates a contested terrain in the West that could become a primary locus for the expansion of democracy and rights.
Author | : Virginia Hodgkinson |
Publisher | : UPNE |
Total Pages | : 394 |
Release | : 2009-08-15 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 1584658312 |
A "civil society" anthology for experts and students alike.
Author | : John R. Ehrenberg |
Publisher | : NYU Press |
Total Pages | : 304 |
Release | : 1999-03-01 |
Genre | : Law |
ISBN | : 0814722490 |
In the absence of noble public goals, admired leaders, and compelling issues, many warn of a dangerous erosion of civil society. Are they right? What are the roots and implications of their insistent alarm? How can public life be enriched in a period marked by fraying communities, widespread apathy, and unprecedented levels of contempt for politics? How should we be thinking about civil society? Civil Society examines the historical, political, and theoretical evolution of how civil society has been understood for the past two and a half millennia. From Aristotle and the Enlightenment philosophers to Colin Powell's Volunteers for America, Ehrenberg provides an indispensable analysis of the possibilities-and limits-of what this increasingly important idea can offer to contemporary political affairs. Civil Society is the winner of the Michael J. Harrington Award from the Caucus for a New Political Science of APSA for the best book published during 1999.
Author | : Simone Chambers |
Publisher | : Princeton University Press |
Total Pages | : 252 |
Release | : 2002 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 9780691087962 |
This text considers how a host of ethical traditions define civil society. It considers a range of traditions, including libertarianism, critical theory, Islam and Judaism, and to the extent which they agree or disagree on how to define civil society's limits and evaluate it's benefits and harms.
Author | : Patrick Bond |
Publisher | : Africa World Press |
Total Pages | : 304 |
Release | : 2002 |
Genre | : Africa |
ISBN | : 9781592210091 |
The New Partnership for Africa's Development plans to develop equitable and sustainable growth in Africa by increasing its integration with the world economy. But NEPAD has come under criticism from major social movements, trade unions and intellectuals for its reliance on corporate-driven globalisation, and its apparent existence as an extension of neo-colonial globalisation. Here, the original NEPAD manifesto is reproduced alongside a paragraph-by-paragraph annotated critique from thinkers and activists around the world.