{"product_id":"civil-society-and-democracy","title":"Civil Society and Democracy","description":"\u003cp\u003eAuthor: Carolyn M Elliott\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Oxford University Press\u003cbr\u003eYear: 2003\u003cbr\u003eLanguage: English\u003cbr\u003ePages: 508\u003cbr\u003eISBN\/UPC (if available): 0195661966\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e Description\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Themes in Politics series presents essays on important issues in the study of political science and Indian politics. Each volume in the series brings together the most significant articles and debates on an issue, and contains a substantive introduction and bibliography.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe concept of civil society has today captured the imagination of a wide global community. Its proponents find in the idea benefits such as empowering citizens for problem solving, counter-balancing the state, preserving individual privacy, and deepening people's participation in government to increase effectiveness and improve governance.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis volume discusses the idea of civil society and its relationship with democracy and governance in India. It explores how the concept of civil society developed in the western tradition of political thought, and compares India's experience with those of China, Southeast Asia, Latin America, and the Middle East. The volume offers a unique combination of analysis by political theorists with empirical studies in comparative politics.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe readings discuss modes of civil society and its articulation in the public sphere. They analyse the relationship of civil society to liberalism, pluralism, and ideas of nationhood in multicultural societies, cultural attribute and entrenched ideals, as also the institutional framework in which the idea operates. The essays also engage with the influence of civil society on important elements in a nation's existence including markets, competing ethnicities, and accumulation of social capital, in addition to its impact on freedom and democracy to offer guidelines for strengthening democratic civil society in India.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eProviding both useful models of analysis and benchmarks for India's political development, this volume will be useful for political scientists, sociologists, non-governmental organisations, voluntary agencies, policy-planners, and journalists. Students, teachers and researchers will find it of particular value.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContents\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLife of Contributors\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCivil Society and Democracy\u003cbr\u003eA Comparative Review Essay\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCONCEPTUALIZING CIVIL SOCIETY\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eModes of Civil Society\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Idea of Civil Society\u003cbr\u003eA Path to Social Reconstruction\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRethinking the Public Sphere\u003cbr\u003eA Contribution to the Critique of Actually Existing Democracy\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCivil Societies\u003cbr\u003eLiberalism and the Moral Uses of Pluralism\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBowling in the Bronx\u003cbr\u003eThe Uncivil Interstices between Civil and Political Society\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBeyond the Nation? Or Within?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCivil Society\u003cbr\u003eCultural Possibility of a Modern Ideal\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCivil Society and Its Avtars\u003cbr\u003eWhat Happened to Freedom and Democracy?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCivil Society and its institutions\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCivil Society or the State\u003cbr\u003eWhat Happened to Citizenship?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Civil and the Political in Civil Society\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEMPIRICAL INVESTIGATIONS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMarket reforms and the Emergent constellation of Civil Society in China\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCivil Society and other Political Possibilities in Southeast Asia\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCivil Society and Democratization in Comparative Perspective\u003cbr\u003eLatin America and the Middle East\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCivil Society and Ideological Contestation in India\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Coffee House and the Ashram\u003cbr\u003eGandhi, Civil Society, and Public Spheres\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSocial Capital, Civil Society, and Degrees of Democracy in India\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEthnic Conflict and Civil Society\u003cbr\u003eIndia and Beyond\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBibliography\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAuthor Index\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSubject Index\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The India Club","offers":[{"title":"Carolyn M Elliott \/ Oxford University Press \/ Hardcover","offer_id":68153616335216,"sku":"12693","price":52.25,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1041\/5203\/9792\/files\/12693.jpg?v=1793911642","url":"https:\/\/marketcalvexa.shop\/products\/civil-society-and-democracy","provider":"Alderstone House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}