Civil society in liberal democracy / Mark Jensen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jensen, Mark, 1972- author.

Series:

Routledge studies in contemporary philosophy ; 26.

Routledge studies in contemporary philosophy ; 26

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Civil society.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (197 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Routledge, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In this contribution to contemporary political philosophy, Jensen aims to develop a model of civil society for deliberative democracy. In the course of developing the model, he also provides a thorough account of the meaning and use of ""civil society"" in contemporary scholarship as well as a critical review of rival models, including those found in the work of scholars such as John Rawls, Jurgen Habermas, Michael Walzer, Benjamin Barber, and Nancy Rosenblum. Jensen's own ideal treats civil society as both the context in which citizens live out their comprehensive views of the good life as

Contents:

The problem of liberal democratic political culture

Concepts and conceptions of civil society

Top-down approaches to civil society

Bottom-up approaches to civil society

The limits of practical possibility

The grand conversation model

Implementation, impediments, rivals, and objections

The prospects for global civil society.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-136-72765-5

1-283-15109-X

9786613151094

1-136-72766-3

0-203-81722-2

9780203817223

OCLC:

730151691