The words "civil society" name the space of uncoerced human association and also the set of relational networks-formed for the sake of family, faith, interest, and ideology--that fill this s
There is an ambiguity in the idea of "civil society" as the arena of private economic and social relations, rather than of government. First, there is the idea that these relations are freel
The concept of civil society has recently become fashionable thanks to struggles against communist and military dictatorships, first in Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union, and second in Latin America
"Civil society," much more than "state," "government," "power," or even "democracy," is a term of art in political theory. There is no discovering wha
...n in this passage to be an expression of anxiety on Marx's part. The danger with what one might call civil society, for Marx, is that one might become something fixed, a hunter, a critic and so fo...
...e stage for my turn to two evolving traditions--Catholic social thought and the democratic theorizing of civil society emerging from Central Eastern Europe--as sources of insight and strength for Amer...
...l constituency. A new communitarian movement is now taking on this set of issues, making restoration of civil ity and commitment to the commons its core theme. The young movement is in part social phi...
...the workplace. These micro societies are elements, though not the totality, of what is now being called civil society. They require special kinds of bonds of intimacy, continuity, and stability. Thei...
...gel gave a decidedly patriarchal cast, but which need not be so taken), the modern market oriented civil society structured around the values and expectations of private associations and profess...
... second principle of communal democracy is the primacy of the community over the state. Here the idea of civil society is especially relevant. This principle has very important constitutional signific...
...on of the economic, political, and social spheres (societ... economica, societ... politica and societ... civil e in the Gramscian terms). One can only re-integrate, incorporate, recontextualize, etc. s...
..., the functioning of the welfare state as well as the institutional richness and democratic reach of the civil society depends heavily on the economic efficiency of a given society. Now, the question ...
... producers, an increase in funding for technology programs at the Department of Commerce and other civil ian agencies, and removed the word "defense" from the Defense Advanced Research ...
...ccelerating deterioration of natural and social environment causes an epidemic growth of so-called "civil ization diseases" that may well turn the tide on medical progress.(d) One of the most...
...social control. Typical of these welfare regimes are the following traits: 1. The underlying dualism of civil and/or political rights (freedom) and of social rights (justice) implies that "socia...
... great period of reform is the one that all of us have seen and lived through, and that is the period of Civil Rights and the new left--the '60s--as we say. The outcome of these reforms has been d...
...untries with apparently no racist tradition, such as Sweden or Italy. Even when ghettoization turns into civil war at the grassroots, as in Northern Ireland, it has so far proved containable. It is on...
...ink of the market in absolute terms. Society as a whole, either through the state or the institutions of civil society, bears the responsibility of ensuring an adequate standard of living for all. The...
...nciple of political organization accepted almost worldwide, while the market economy and the autonomy of civil society have simultaneously become universal paradigms. Thus, the process initiated in t...
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