Civil society and the state

Verso

1988

426 p.

Bibliogr.: p. 399–411

9780860919216

Contents: Despotism and democracy / John Keane. Gramsci and the concept of civil society / Norberto Bobbio. The fraternal social contract / Carole Pateman. On formal democracy / Agnes Heller. The civilizing process / Helmut Kuzmics. Violence and civilization / Norbert Elias. The decline of social visibility / Pierre Rosanvallon. Time, money, and welfare-state capitalism / Karl Hinrichs, Claus Offe, Helmut Wiesenthal. Social movenents and the democratization of everyday life / Alberto Melucci. Totalitarianism revisited / Jacques Rupnik. Three historical regions of Europe / Jenö Szücs. East-central European perspectives / Mihály Vajda. Solidarity and «the rebirth of civil society» / Z. A. Pelczynski. Anti-political politics / Václav Havel

Examines the origins and development of the distinction between civil society and state and its contemporary relevance in relation to households, labour markets, trade unions, voluntary associations, political parties, and state bureaucracies.

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