Civil society : between concepts and empirical grounds /
edited by Liv Egholm and Lars Bo Kaspersen.
- 1 online resource.
- Routledge advances in sociology .
"Examining the historical and social trajectories involved in the continuous development of civil society, this volume reveals the contextual nature of the process. Through empirical studies focusing primarily on Denmark and covering the period from 1849 to the present day, it analyses the manner in which civil society has been practised and transformed over time. Presenting a new theoretical framework informed by a relational and processual perspective, the book sheds new light on familiar questions pertaining to civil society, the production of its boundaries and spaces of action, and the means by which these spaces can become causal factors. A fresh intervention in the study of a concept that has been central in defining ideas of solidarity and the common good, and to which researchers and politicians look for solutions to the great challenges of our time, Civil Society: Between Concepts and Empirical Grounds will appeal to scholars of sociology, politics, history and philosophy with interests in civil society"--
9780429323881 0429323883 9781000246360 1000246361 9781000032383 1000032388 9781000246377 100024637X
Civil society--History.
Civil society--History.--Denmark
SOCIAL SCIENCE / General
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General
JC337
300
"Examining the historical and social trajectories involved in the continuous development of civil society, this volume reveals the contextual nature of the process. Through empirical studies focusing primarily on Denmark and covering the period from 1849 to the present day, it analyses the manner in which civil society has been practised and transformed over time. Presenting a new theoretical framework informed by a relational and processual perspective, the book sheds new light on familiar questions pertaining to civil society, the production of its boundaries and spaces of action, and the means by which these spaces can become causal factors. A fresh intervention in the study of a concept that has been central in defining ideas of solidarity and the common good, and to which researchers and politicians look for solutions to the great challenges of our time, Civil Society: Between Concepts and Empirical Grounds will appeal to scholars of sociology, politics, history and philosophy with interests in civil society"--
9780429323881 0429323883 9781000246360 1000246361 9781000032383 1000032388 9781000246377 100024637X
Civil society--History.
Civil society--History.--Denmark
SOCIAL SCIENCE / General
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General
JC337
300