Toward a global civil society / edited by Michael Walzer.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Walzer, Michael, editor.

Series:

International political currents ; vol. 1.

International political currents ; volume 1

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Civil society--United States.

Civil society.

Civil society--Europe.

Social justice.

Public welfare.

Socialism.

Post-communism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (352 pages)

Place of Publication:

New York : Berghahn Books, 1995.

Summary:

The demise of Communism has not only affected Eastern Europe but also the countries of the West where a far-reaching examination of political and economic systems has begun. This collection of essays by internationally renowned scholars of political theory from Europe and the United States explores both the concept and the reality of civil society and its institutions.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Foreword

Introduction

I The Concept of Civil Society

1. The Concept of Civil Society

2. Private and Public Roles in Civil Society

3. Interpreting the Notion of Civil Society

4. Reconceptualizing Civil Society for Now: Some Somewhat Gramscian Turnings

5. Civil Society, Hard Cases and the End of the Cold War

II The Communitarian Approach

6. In Common Together: Unity, Diversity, and Civic Virtue

7. Too Many Rights, Too Few Responsibilities

8. Progressive Politics and Communitarian Culture

9. Neo-Hegelian Reflections on the Communitarian Debate

10. From Socialism to Communitarianism

11. On Labels and Reasons: The Communitarian Approach–Some European Comments

III Economic Policy and Social Justice

12. Economic Policy and the Role of the State— The Invisible, the Visible and the Third Hand

13. Industrial Policy—Will Clinton Find the High Wage Path?

14. Redefining the Role of the State to Facilitate Reform in East and West

15. Between Social Darwinism and the Overprotective State — Some Reflections on a Modern Concept of Social Welfare Policy

16. Civil Society and Social Justice

17. American Social Reform and a New Kind of Modernity

IV The Internationalization of Politics and Economics and the Challenge of Nationalism, Immigration, and Minority Conflict

18. East European Reform and West European Integration

19. Rooted Cosmopolitanism

20. Ethnicity, Migration, and the Validity of the Nation-State

21. Neither Politics Nor Economics

22. The Left in the Process of Democratization in Central and Eastern European Countries

V European Socialism and American Social Reform

23. After the Disappointment of the Epoch: American Social Tradition between Past and Future

24. Pluralism and the Left Identity

25. What’s Left After Socialism

26. Some Reflections on the New World Order and Disorder

Notes on Contributors

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781571811387

1571811389

9781571810540

1571810544

9781782381600

1782381600

OCLC:

949754009