Toward a Global Civil Society

By: Michael Walzer (Editor)

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Hardcover | 1 January 1995

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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.

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Foreword	p. ix
Introduction	p. 1
The Concept of Civil Society	p. 5
Private and Public Roles in Civil Society	p. 29
Interpreting the Notion of Civil Society	p. 35
Reconceptualizing Civil Society for Now: Some Somewhat Gramscian Turnings	p. 41
Civil Society, Hard Cases and the End of the Cold War	p. 69
The Communitarian Approach	p. 75
Too Many Rights, Too Few Responsibilities	p. 99
Progressive Politics and Communitarian Culture	p. 107
Neo-Hegelian Reflections on the Communitarian Debate	p. 113
from Socialism to Communitarianism	p. 127
on Labels and Reasons: the Communitarian Approach--Some European Comments	p. 133
Economic Policy and Social Justice	p. 147
Industrial Policy--Will Clinton Find the High Wage Path?	p. 159
Redefining the Role of the State to Facilitate Reform in East and West	p. 173
Between Social Darwinism and the Overprotective State -- Some Reflections on A Modern Concept of Social Welfare Policy	p. 179
Civil Society and Social Justice	p. 195
American Social Reform and A New Kind of Modernity	p. 201
the Internationalization of Politics and Economics and the Challenge of Nationalism, Immigration, and Minority Conflict	p. 209
Rooted Cosmopolitanism	p. 223
Ethnicity, Migration, and the Validity of the Nation-State	p. 235
Neither Politics Nor Economics	p. 241
the Left in the Process of Democratization in Central and Eastern European Countries	p. 251
European Socialism and American Social Reform	p. 259
Pluralism and the Left Identity	p. 295
What's Left After Socialism	p. 301
Some Reflections on the New World Order and Disorder	p. 307
Notes on Contributors	p. 317
Index	p. 325
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