Civil society and democratic theory : alternative voices / Gideon Baker.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Baker, Gideon, 1973-

Series:

Routledge innovations in political theory.

Routledge innovations in political theory

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Civil society.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (202 p.)

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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

Contents:

Book Cover; Title; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; The parallel polis: Central-East European models of civil society; 'The self-limiting revolution': Polish voices; 'The independent life of society': Czechoslovakian and Hungarian voices; Democracy at the grass roots: Latin American models of civil society; 'We need to build civil society because we want freedom': the Latin American left's discovery of civil society; The idea of civil society in the theory-practice of Latin American new social movements; The taming of the idea of civil society since 1989

Civil society and theories of democratisation in Eastern EuropeCivil society and theories of democratisation in Latin America; New alternatives?; Models of global civil society; 'An echo that turns itself into many voices': Zapatismo and civil society as revolutionary practice; The democracy of civil society: theory and practice; Theorising the democracy of civil society; Conclusion: the democracy of civil society as practice; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [177]-187) and index.

ISBN:

1-138-97080-8

1-134-52406-4

1-280-05330-5

0-203-16699-X

9780203166994

OCLC:

252893950