Exploring Civil Society : Political and Cultural Contexts

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Pub. Date: 2004-08-19
Publisher(s): Taylor & Francis
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Summary

This volume explores how the idea of civil society has been translated in different cultural contexts and examines its impact on politics worldwide.

Table of Contents

Introduction
Exploring Civil Society Internationally
Setting out the Argument
Putting Civil Society in its Place
The Problem with Civil Society or Putting Modern European History Back into Contemporary Debate
Civil Society in Multilingual Polities
In the Church of Civil Society
Owning the Concept: Latin America and Eastern Europe
Civil society in Latin-America: Uncivil, liberal and participatory models
Collective Action or Public Participation?: Civil Society and the public sphere in post transition Latin America
Civil Society in Eastern Europe: Growth without engagement
Western Europe and the United States: Rediscovering the concept
Civil Society in the United States of America: Prototype or exception? An essay on cultural self-understanding
In Paris, the Global Place Is No Longer Saint Germain des Prés: Civil society and the French debate
Western Europe: Democratic civil society versus neo-liberalism
Asia: Rooted or imported?
'Old' and 'New' Civil Societies in Bangladesh
Seizing Spaces, Challenging Marginalization and Claiming Voice: New trends in civil society in China
Central Asian Fragmented Civil Society: Communal and neo-liberal forms in Tajikistan and Uzbekistan
Africa: Civil society as neo-colonialism?
On the evolution of civil society in Nigeria
Civil Society in South Africa
Civil Society in West Africa: Between discourse and reality
The Middle East: Civil society as emancipation?
Civil Society in Iran: Past, present and the future
Contractions of a Socio-cultural Reflex: Civil society in Turkey
Unfulfilled Aspirations: Civil society in Palestine 1993-98
The Case for Global Civil Society
Globalization and Civil Society
Global Civil Society and Global Governmentality
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