200 Pages
by
Routledge
200 Pages
by
Routledge
200 Pages
by
Routledge
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This book introduces radically alternative models of civil society that have been developed outside the liberal democratic frame of reference, models which suggest that civil society does offer new and non-statist democratic possibilities. Drawing on a wide range of civil society theory-practice from Eastern Europe and Latin America (including the Zapatistas in Mexico), and from visions of... Read more
Part I: The Parallel Polis: Central-East European Models of Civil Society
Part II: Democracy at the Grass Roots: Latin American
Part III: The Taming of the Idea of Civil Society Since
Part IV: New Alternatives?
Part V: The Democracy of Civil Society: Theory and Practice
Part II: Democracy at the Grass Roots: Latin American
Part III: The Taming of the Idea of Civil Society Since
Part IV: New Alternatives?
Part V: The Democracy of Civil Society: Theory and Practice
Biography
Gideon Baker is Lecturer in Political Theory in the School of English, Sociology, Politics and Contemporary History at the University of Salford. He has published articles in various journals including Contemporary Politics, Democratization and Politics.
'...a very useful book around which to organinize an undergraduate course on civil society.'^ - Political Studies Review, Roland Axtmann, University of Aberdeen
