Civil Society and Democratic Theory: Alternative Voices

Civil Society and Democratic Theory: Alternative Voices
ISBN-10
1134524064
ISBN-13
9781134524068
Category
Political Science
Pages
200
Language
English
Published
2003-08-27
Publisher
Routledge
Author
Gideon Baker

Description

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 global civil society too, this book is uniquely positioned to consider the questions posed by these alternative voices for democratic theory and practice. * Are there alternatives to the liberal democratic vision of civil society? * Is a democracy located in civil society rather than the state either possible or desirable? * How and why has the concept of civil society come to be used so widely today? * Can global civil society further the struggle for democracy initiated by national civil societies?

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