Civil Society and Political Theory
- ISBN-10
- 026227051X
- ISBN-13
- 9780262270519
- Category
- Civil society
- Pages
- 788
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2014-05-14
- Publisher
- MIT Press (MA)
- Authors
- Andrew Arato, Jean L. Cohen
Description
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.
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