The political economy of civil society and human rights / G.B. Madison.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Madison, Gary Brent.

Series:

Routledge studies in social and political thought.

Routledge studies in social and political thought

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Civil society.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (318 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Madison uses the concept of civil society and his distinctive version of 'communicative rationality' to provide a closely-argued and robust defence of the neo-liberal political and economic tradition. Writing with considerable elegance and humour, the author draws on the hermeneutical and neo-pragmatist traditions, and on a diverse range of evidence and discussion, mainly concerning transitional economies and societies in Eastern Europe and around the world. Providing a systematic analysis of the multi-faceted notion of civil society, this book shows in detail how the three main orders of

Contents:

Cover; THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF CIVIL SOCIETY AND HUMAN RIGHTS; Copyright; CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION; 1 THE IDEA OF CIVIL SOCIETY; THE YEAR OF TRUTH; THE REBIRTH OF AN IDEA; CIVIL SOCIETY AND HUMAN RIGHTS; 2 A NEW THREAT TO AN OLD IDEA; THE NEW TRIBALISM; CIVIL SOCIETY VERSUS COMMUNITY; A WORD OF WARNING FROM THE EAST; RETHINKING CIVIL SOCIETY; 3 THE MORAL-CULTURAL ORDER; THE IMPORTANCE OF IDEAS; COMMUNICATIVE RATIONALITY; SPONTANEOUS ORDERS AND THE ORDER OF TRUTH; THE RULES OF RATIONALITY; THE ETHICS OF COMMUNICATIVE RATIONALITY; FREEDOM UNDER SIEGE; FREEDOM, A UNIVERSAL VALUE

4 THE POLITICAL ORDER THE SPONTANEOUS ORDER OF THE DEMOCRATIC POLITY; THE DISCUSSION/DELIBERATION COMMUNITY; THE PUBLIC REALM: PRIVATE INTERESTS AND THE PUBLIC GOOD; THE ROLE OF GOVERNMENT IN CIVIL SOCIETY; THE CIVIC CULTURE OF A DEMOCRATIC REGIME; THE POLITY AND THE ECONOMY; 5 THE ECONOMIC ORDER; DEMOCRACY AND THE MARKET; THE SPONTANEOUS ORDER OF THE MARKET; THE ROLE OF THE STATE IN THE ECONOMY; DEMOCRATIC CAPITALISM AND SOCIAL JUSTICE; APPENDIX; ON CIVIL SOCIETY AND INTERNATIONAL JUSTICE; NOTES; REFERENCES; NAME INDEX; SUBJECT INDEX

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 273-292) and indexes.

ISBN:

1-134-70648-0

1-280-32878-9

0-203-07235-9

9780203072356

OCLC:

475876218