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Civil Society
. Ed(S): Hall, John A.; Trentmann, Frank
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Paperback. Editor(s): Hall, John A.; Trentmann, Frank. Num Pages: 317 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPA; JPF; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 409.
In the last two decades, civil society has re-emerged as a popular notion amongst academics and politicians alike. John A. Hall and Frank Trentmann provide the first critical selection of texts on the evolution of civil society as a seminal and hotly debated idea from the seventeenth century to the present. Combining European texts with global debates about civil society, including texts about Islam, China, and human rights, this critical edition is essential reading for students and academics in history, sociology, politics, and international relations as well as social activists interested in civil society today.
In the last two decades, civil society has re-emerged as a popular notion amongst academics and politicians alike. John A. Hall and Frank Trentmann provide the first critical selection of texts on the evolution of civil society as a seminal and hotly debated idea from the seventeenth century to the present. Combining European texts with global debates about civil society, including texts about Islam, China, and human rights, this critical edition is essential reading for students and academics in history, sociology, politics, and international relations as well as social activists interested in civil society today.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Palgrave USA United States
Number of pages
317
Condition
New
Number of Pages
308
Place of Publication
Gordonsville, United States
ISBN
9781403915436
SKU
V9781403915436
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About . Ed(S): Hall, John A.; Trentmann, Frank
JOHN A. HALL is Dean of Arts and James McGill Professor of Sociology at McGill University Montreal. His books include Civil Society: Theory, History, Comparison (editor), Power and Liberties, and Is America Breaking Apart? (with Charles Lindholm). FRANK TRENTMANN is Senior Lecturer in History at Birkbeck College, University of London, and Director of the Cultures of Consumption Programme. His ... Read more
Reviews for Civil Society
'Frank Trentmann and John Hall rescue the concept of civil society from hazy approbration and lazy usage. By inserting contestation, complexity and change into the past and present of the concept, in theory and in practice, in west and the rest, their selection of texts is an indispensable starting point for thinking about civil society.' - Professor Martin Daunton, Master ... Read more