Civil society and democracy : a reader

著者

• Elliott, Carolyn M.

書誌事項

Civil society and democracy : a reader

edited by Carolyn M. Elliott

（Themes in politics series）

Oxford University Press, 2003

タイトル別名

Civil society & democracy : a reader

注記

Includes bibliographical references (p. [457]-483) and indexes

内容説明・目次

内容説明

The Themes in Politics series presents essays on important issues in the study of political science and Indian politics. Each volume in the series brings together the most significant articles and debates on an issue, and contains a substantive introduction and bibliography. The concept of civil society has today captured the imagination of a wide global community. Its proponents find in the idea benefits such as empowering citizens for problem solving, counter-balancing the state, preserving individual privacy, and deepening people's participation in government to increase effectiveness and improve governance. This volume discusses the idea of civil society and its relationship with democracy and governance in India. It explores how the concept of civil society developed in the western tradition of political thought, and compares India's experience with those of China, Southeast Asia, Latin America, and the Middle East. The volume offers a unique combination of analysis by po litical theorists with empirical studies in comparative politics. The readings discuss modes of civil society and its articulation in the public sphere. They analyse the relationship of civil society to liberalism, pluralism, and ideas of nationhood in multicultural societies, cultural attributes and entrenched ideas, as also the institutional framework in which the idea operates. The essays also engage with the influence of civil society on important elements in a nation's existence including markets, competing ethnicities, and accumulation of social capital, in additon to its impact on freedom and democracy to offer guidelines for strenghening democratic civil society in India. Providing both useful models of analysis and benchmarks for India's political development, this volume will be usefl for political scientists, sociologists, non-governmental organisations, voluntary agencies,policy-planners, and journalists. Students, teachers and researchers will find it of partic ular value.

目次

• PREFACE
• INTRODUCTION
• PART I CONCEPTUALIZING CIVIL SOCIETY: MODES OF CIVIL SOCIETY, THE IDEA OF CIVIL SOCIETY, RETHINKING THE PUBLIC SPHERE A CONTRIBUTION OF THE CRITIQUE OF ACTUALLY EXISTING DEMOCRACY, CIVIL SOCIETIES LIBERALISM AND THE MORAL USES OF PLURALISM, BOWLING IN THE BRONX THE UNCIVIL INTERSTICES BETWEEN CIVIL AND POLITICAL SOCIETY, BEYOND THE NATION? OR WITHIN?, CIVIL SOCIETY CULTURAL POSSIBILITY OF A MODERN IDEAL, CIVIL SOCIETY AND ITS INSTITUTIONS, CIVIL SOCIETY AND ITS AVATARS, CIVIL SOCIETY OR THE STATE WHAT HAPPENED TO CITIZENSHIP?, THE CIVIL AND THE POLITICAL IN CIVIL SOCIETY
• PART II CIVIL SOCIETY AND DEMOCRACY: EMPIRICAL INVESTIGATIONS: IN SEARCH OF CIVIL SOCIETY MARKET REFORM AND SOCIAL CHANGE IN CONTEMPORARY CHINA, CIVIL SOCIETY AND OTHER POLITICAL POSSIBILITIES IN SOUTHEAST ASIA, CIVIL SOCIETY, CONTESTATION AND CITIZEN ACTION IN INDIA, THE COFFEE HOUSE AND THE ASHRAM, GANDHI, CIVIL SOCIETY AND THE PUBLIC SPHERES, DEMOCRACY, SOCIAL CAPITAL AN
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• VIL SOCIETY IN INDIA, ETHNIC CONFLICT AND CIVIL SOCIETY - INDIA AND BEYOND

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詳細情報

• NII書誌ID(NCID): BA65263246
• ISBN:
  • 0195661966
• 出版国コード: ii
• タイトル言語コード: eng
• 本文言語コード: eng
• 出版地: Delhi ; Tokyo
• ページ数/冊数: xi, 508 p.
• 大きさ: 22 cm
• 親書誌ID:
  • BA38246186