The Paradoxes of Civil Society
@article{Alexander1997ThePO, title={The Paradoxes of Civil Society}, author={J. C. Alexander}, journal={International Sociology}, year={1997}, volume={12}, pages={115 - 133} }
Emerging from recent social and political struggles, the notion of `civil society' can and should be transformed into a sociological concept on both the theoretical and empirical level. This means going beyond the Marxist and social democratic understandings of civil society as a world of selfish economic interests, on the one hand, and beyond the liberal equation of civil society with legal protections of individual rights, on the other. Civil society should be conceptualized as a realm of… CONTINUE READING
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