Civil Society : Berlin Perspectives

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Keane, John.

Series:

Studies on Civil Society

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Civil society--Germany--Berlin.

Civil society.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (272 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Berghahn Books, 2007.

Summary:

At the moment, no other European city attracts so much fascination as the city of Berlin. An unrivalled symbol of modern urban life, Berlin is a dynamic city whose inhabitants, in the course of the past two centuries, have lived through both the rapid growth and the violent destruction of the institutions of civil society, several times over. This volume situates itself within these developments by presenting, for the first time in English, a sample of the best, recently written essays on contemporary civil societies, their structural problems, and their uncertain future, written by scholar

Contents:

Civil Society; CONTENTS; EDITORS' PREFACE; INTRODUCTION: CITIES AND CIVIL SOCIETY; CHAPTER 1. CIVIL SOCIETY IN HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; CHAPTER 2. CORPORATE RESPONSIBILITY AND HISTORICAL INJUSTICE; CHAPTER 3. THE FACES OF SOCIAL INEQUALITY; CHAPTER 4. CIVIL SOCIETY: DESPERATE WISHFUL THINKING?; CHAPTER 5. TRANSFORMATIONS OF GERMAN CIVIL SOCIETY; CHAPTER 6. CIVILITY, VIOLENCE AND CIVIL SOCIETY; CHAPTER 7. IS THERE, OR CAN THERE BE, A 'EUROPEAN SOCIETY'?; CHAPTER 8. SOCIAL MOVEMENTS CHALLENGING NEOLIBERAL GLOBALIZATION; CHAPTER 9. ENTANGLED HISTORIES; CHAPTER 10. THE TEMPTATIONS OF UNFREEDOM

NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORSINDEX

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

9780857456984

0857456989

OCLC:

1064386799