Democratic civility : the history and cross-cultural possibility of a modern political ideal / edited by Robert W. Hefner.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hefner, Robert W., 1952-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Civil society.

Democracy.

Multiculturalism.

Cultural pluralism.

Physical Description:

ix, 330 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

New Brunswick, N.J. : Transaction Publishers, [1998]

Contents:

1. On the History and Cross-Cultural Possibility of a Democratic Ideal / Robert W. Hefner 3

Part 1 Western Genealogies

2. Genealogies of Civility / John A. Hall 53

3. Between Public and Private: Towards a Sociology of Civil Society / Adam B. Seligman 79

4. A Reasonable Role for Religion? Moral Practices, Civic Participation, and Market Behavior / Robert Wuthnow 113

5. The Social Roots of Prosperity and Liberty / Brigitte Berger 131

6. Civil Society, Pillarization, and the Welfare State / Anton C. Zijderveld 153

Part 2 Comparative Possibilities

7. Is Civil Society Enough? Comparing Romania and the American South / Daniel Chirot 175

8. Between Nation and Civil Society: Ethnolinguistic and Religious Pluralism in Independent Ukraine / Jose Casanova 203

9. Horizontal Ties and Civil Institutions in Chinese Societies / Robert P. Weller 229

10. The Function of Business-Related Reciprocity in Chinese Non-Civil Societies / S. Gordon Redding 249

11. Cohabitation? Islamist and Secular Groups in Modern Turkey / Resat Kasaba 265

12. A Muslim Civil Society? Indonesian Reflections on the Conditions of Its Possibility / Robert W. Hefner 285.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1560003642

OCLC:

37966389